Wass v. Mugridge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed May 14,1877, to compel the defendant to deliver to the plaintiff a deed of certain real estate in Stone-ham, to assign and release to him all her interest in the estate, and secure to him a perfect title therein, or, if it was not in her power to do so, to make compensation in damages'. At the hearing, Gray, C. J., dismissed the bill, with costs; and the plaintiff appealed to the full court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtEndicott, J.
The plaintiff took a deed of the land from Andrew J. Leighton and George F. Leighton in 1878. At this time one undivided half thereof was owned by Elizabeth H. Soule, to whom it had been conveyed in 1871, in trust for the defendant during her life, and at her decease to other persons in fee. The consideration of this deed was paid by the defendant, the purchase was made for her benefit, and it is conceded that she had practically the control of the premises thus conveyed. Before the conveyance was made to the plaintiff, the defendant agreed to sell this undivided half for $350 in cash to…
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