Edwards v. Columbia Amusement Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on April 27, 1911, and amended on June 13, 1911, in which the plaintiffs alleged in substance that they rightfully were in possession of a portion of the Grace Building, so called, in Boston, under a lease to them from the owner dated September 21, 1904, for a period of nine years and nine months; that, through mesne conveyances of the equity of redemption subject to a mortgage on the premises dated November 3, 1909, and…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on April 27, 1911, and amended on June 13, 1911, in which the plaintiffs alleged in substance that they rightfully were in possession of a portion of the Grace Building, so called, in Boston, under a lease to them from the owner dated September 21, 1904, for a period of nine years and nine months; that, through mesne conveyances of the equity of redemption subject to a mortgage on the premises dated November 3, 1909, and mesne conveyances following a foresclosure by sale under the mortgage, the defendant had acquired the owner’s interest in…
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
The fundamental question is whether the judgment rendered in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston in favor of the present defendant against these plaintiffs for possession of the premises described in the bill is a bar to the maintenance of the present suit.
Since the filing of the amendment or supplemental bill in October, 1911, and of the amendment allowed on January 23, 1912, the plaintiffs have asked only that their lease, as to the premises described in the bill, be declared valid, and that the defendant be ordered to surrender to the plaintiffs possession of said premises.
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