Jewett v. Burroughs
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was a writ of entry sur disseisin, in which the said Jewett counts upon his own seisin, as minister of the first parish in Lebanon, in this county, and in right of his said parish, of and in a certain tract or parcel of land in said Lebanon, and upon a disseisin by the said Burroughs within thirty years.
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This was a writ of entry sur disseisin, in which the said Jewett counts upon his own seisin, as minister of the first parish in Lebanon, in this county, and in right of his said parish, of and in a certain tract or parcel of land in said Lebanon, and upon a disseisin by the said Burroughs within thirty years. The general issue being pleaded and joined, the action was submitted to the determination of the Court, upon the following facts agreed by the parties: — The tract of land described in the writ was, in the year 1762 drawn as the ministerial lot in the division of lands of the proprietors…
1Opinion of the CourtParker, C. J.
The demandant sues for possession of a lot of land, of which he declares himself to be seised in fee, in right of the first parish in the town of Lebanon, averring that he is the settled, ordained minister of that parish.
By the facts agreed by the parties, it appears that no parish has been incorporated within the town of Lebanon, either by territorial limits or otherwise ; and therefore it is contended by the tenant that there is no first parish, and so no such title can have accrued to the demandant as he has set forth. And it is perhaps true that, unless there are two parishes within the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Minot v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1811
- Inhabitants of the First Parish v. DunningMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1811
- Inhabitants of the First Parish in Sutton v. ColeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1811
- Dillingham v. SnowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807