Hughes v. Williams
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed in the Land Court on August 11, 1909, for the registration of the title to a parcel of land with buildings thereon on the southerly side of Cambridge Street in Cambridge. The petition was heard in the Land Court by Davis, J., who ordered a decree for the petitioner.
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Petition, filed in the Land Court on August 11, 1909, for the registration of the title to a parcel of land with buildings thereon on the southerly side of Cambridge Street in Cambridge. The petition was heard in the Land Court by Davis, J., who ordered a decree for the petitioner. Upon an appeal to the Superior Court by the respondent under St. 1905, c. 288, four issues were tried before Hardy, J. The findings upon the issues were favorable to the respondent; and the petitioner alleged exceptions, which, in a decision reported in 218 Mass. 448, were sustained by this court in relation only…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a petition for the registration of title to land. It was appealed from the Land Court to the Superior Court, where it was tried to a jury upon four issues. The case was brought before this court on exceptions, and there was found to be no error of law in the trial of three of these issues, but as to the other issue exceptions were sustained and a new trial was ordered confined to that issue. 218 Mass. 448. The material dates and facts respecting the chain of title are these: On April 1, 1896, the respondent Williams acquired title to the locus by a deed which was duly recorded. He…
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