Hatch v. Hatch
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was a petition for partition of certain lands described in the petition, of which the respondents claimed to be sole seised. A trial was had before Sedgwick, J., at the sittings here after October term, 1810, from whose report it appears that the petitioners, Seth Hatch, and Mary, his wife, in her right, and Bethiah Hatch, the other petitioner, and also the respondents, are heirs at law of Israel Hatch, deceased, in which right the petitioners claim their purparty.
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This was a petition for partition of certain lands described in the petition, of which the respondents claimed to be sole seised. A trial was had before Sedgwick, J., at the sittings here after October term, 1810, from whose report it appears that the petitioners, Seth Hatch, and Mary, his wife, in her right, and Bethiah Hatch, the other petitioner, and also the respondents, are heirs at law of Israel Hatch, deceased, in which right the petitioners claim their purparty. The respondents claim under two deeds — the one to the said Joel Hatch, and the other to Amos Hatch, respectively given by…
1Opinion of the Court
At this term, the opinion of the Court was pronounced by
Sewall, J.
The petitioners and the respondents are heirs at law of Israel Hatch, deceased, who had been the, owner of, and until the time of his death, occupied the premises of which partition is prayed. If the premises descended to his heirs at law, the shares of the petitioners are correctly stated in their petition. But the descent is controverted by the respondents, who plead a sole seisin ; and, for an exclusive title in themselves, they rely upon two deeds produced at the trial, where the questions which have been argued were…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wheelwright v. WheelwrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
- Hunt v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1810
- Smith v. CrookerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1809
3Cited by62 opinions
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- Wheelwright v. WheelwrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
- Thatcher v. Wardens & Vestrymen of St. Andrew's ChurchMichigan Supreme Court · 1877
- Taft v. TaftMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
- Smith v. CrookerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1809
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