Whitman v. Shaw
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two writs OF ENTRY, dated May 18 and June 7, 1892, respectively, to recover possession of two parcels of land in that part of Boston formerly Brookline. Pleas, mil disseisin. The cases were tried together in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Hammond, J., who found for the demandants in each case; and the tenants alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
These are two writs of entry to recover possession of two parcels of land in that part of Boston formerly Brookline, and lying on the southeasterly side of Brookline Avenue, formerly known as the Punch Bowl road.
By th'e St. of 1814, c. 39, § 1, the Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation was incorporated, and authorized to “ purchase and hold real and personal estate, (not exceeding in value two millions of dollars,) necessary to promote the objects of the corporation.” By § 2 it was authorized to build a dam from Charles Street at the westerly end of Beacon Street in Boston, to the upland at…
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