Mead v. Cutler

This is a writ of entry brought in the Land Court. The tenants filed answers but introduced no evidence. There was a finding and an assessment of damages in that court in favor of the demandant. The tenants appealed to the Superior Court. Each took a general and special appeal. The general appeals recited that the tenants were aggrieved and that they claimed an appeal to the Superior Court for a jury trial. The special appeals claimed a jury trial on the facts, and were in addition accompanied by certain issues filed therewith which the tenants prayed might be allowed as the issues to be…