Crane v. Inhabitants of Hyde Park

This is a writ of entry, dated May 23, 1881. The demandants are the heirs at law of Lemuel Crane. In 1804 said Crane conveyed the land in controversy, being a- small lot containing about fourteen square rods, to the Fifth School District of Dorchester, by a deed containing the following provisions : “ The said land to be held by said district for the purpose of building a schoolhouse thereon, and to be improved for the benefit of schools, and for no other use; and when said district shall cease to improve the said land for the purposes aforesaid, for two years in succession, then the said…