Boston & Worcester Rail Road v. Sparhawk
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
These were writs of entry, in which the several demandants sought to recover of George Sparhawk and Mary S. his wife, and Paschal P. Pope, the same parcel of land, viz. a narrow piece of flats situated in a cove at the southerly part of Boston, westerly, of Washington Street.
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These were writs of entry, in which the several demandants sought to recover of George Sparhawk and Mary S. his wife, and Paschal P. Pope, the same parcel of land, viz. a narrow piece of flats situated in a cove at the southerly part of Boston, westerly, of Washington Street. Writs dated Feb. 9th 1842. At the trial, before Wilde, J. it was admitted that Robert P. Tolman and Mary his wife, in her right, were lawfully seized in fee, prior to the year 1822, of a parcel of upland on Washington Street, and of the flats legally appurtenant thereto; and that Johnson Jackson (the father of Mary S.…
1Opinion of the Court
Wilde, J. *
The Rail Road Corporation, demandants in the first of these actions, derive their title to the demanded premises by a deed from Robert P. Tolman and Mary his wife, in her right, bearing date May 7th 1833, who, as was proved or admitted at the trial, were lawfully seized in fee of a parcel of upland on Washington Street, and of the flats legally appurtenant thereto, prior to the year 1822 ; which, according to former decisions of this court, included the demanded premises. But it was proved at the trial, that on the 24th of August in that year, Johnson Jackson, (the father of Mrs.…
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