Lakin v. Lawrence
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on February 5, 1906, to enforce an alleged agreement concerning certain real estate at the corner of Groton Street and Kailroad Street in Haverhill, praying that the defendant be ordered to convey by a sufficient deed to each of the two plaintiffs one third of the equity in the premises held by the defendant under a certain deed of February 10, 1887, that the defendant be ordered to render a full account of all receipts of rentals…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on February 5, 1906, to enforce an alleged agreement concerning certain real estate at the corner of Groton Street and Kailroad Street in Haverhill, praying that the defendant be ordered to convey by a sufficient deed to each of the two plaintiffs one third of the equity in the premises held by the defendant under a certain deed of February 10, 1887, that the defendant be ordered to render a full account of all receipts of rentals of the premises so held by him, and that he be restrained from selling, conveying or disposing of the premises described…
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
The motion to revoke the final decree was overruled rightly. The principle is established “ that after the entry of a final decree in equity, as after the entry of a final judgment in a suit at law, the case is finally disposed of by the court, subject to such rights of appeal, if any, as the statute gives, and the court has no further power to deal with the case except upon a bill of review.” White v. Gove, 183 Mass. 333, 340. Thompson v. Goulding, 5 Allen, 81. Clapp v. Thaxter, 7 Gray, 384. The decree dismissing the bill was a final decree, and not a mere order for a decree, as in Merrill…
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