Freeland v. Wright
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill IN equity, filed in the Superior Court, to redeem a parcel of land in Sutton from a mortgage. The case was referred to a master, and, upon the coming in of his report, the Superior Court made a decree that the plaintiff should have possession of the land upon payment of a certain sum to the defendant; and the plaintiff, being dissatisfied therewith, appealed to this court. The case, so far as material to the points decided, appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
This is a bill in equity, brought to redeem a mortgage of real estate. The plaintiff filed exceptions to the master’s report, and then moved that the master be required to report all the evidence taken at the hearing, and appealed from the order of the court denying the motion. She afterwards asked that issues be framed for a jury, and appealed from the refusal of the court to frame issues, and finally took an appeal from the final decree.
1. The exceptions to the master’s report present no question of law; they all relate to findings of fact which cannot be revised without a report of the…
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