Welsh
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, for a registered title under the land registration act, St. 1898, c. 562. At the hearing before the Court of Registration the following facts were found. The premises as to which a registered title is sought are a certain parcel of land situated between Edson Street, formerly called Prospect Avenue, and Milton Avenue in that part of Boston called Dorchester.
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Petition, for a registered title under the land registration act, St. 1898, c. 562. At the hearing before the Court of Registration the following facts were found. The premises as to which a registered title is sought are a certain parcel of land situated between Edson Street, formerly called Prospect Avenue, and Milton Avenue in that part of Boston called Dorchester. The petitioner claims title under two several deeds from Benjamin P. Cunningham to G. A. Durham, dated September 16, 1871, and recorded. Each deed contained the following clause: “Subject to the following restrictions, viz.:…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, C. J.
A doubt has been felt by some members of this court whether this report, which discloses only a ruling of law and no order or decree, is within the authority conferred upon the Court of Registration by the statutes. St. 1898, c. 562, § 14. St. 1899, c. 131, § 2. The former section provided that “ every order, decision, and decree ” of the Court of Registration should be subject to appeal. The latter adds that the Court of Registration “ after any decision or decree dependent upon the determination of questions of law may report such decision or decree for the consideration of ” this court.…
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