Mansfield v. Dyer
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Writ OF ENTRY to recover two parcels of land in Braintree. Plea, nul disseisin. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Bacon, J., the jury returned a verdict for the demandant; and the tenant alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.
Both parties derive title to the premises in dispute from Warren Mansfield. The demandant claims under a sale upon an execution recovered in an action against Mansfield, in which the land was specifically attached in 1875 as his property, the record title to which was in another. Gen. Sts. c. 123, § 55. The tenant claims under a quitclaim deed for a valuable consideration, dated in 1874, from Potter, who acquired his title by quitclaim deed from Mansfield in 1872. The land was attached as the property of Mansfield in this manner after the tenant had acquired his title from Potter, the alleged…
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