Stahler v. Sevinor

These two proceedings in equity come here on appeals from final decrees dismissing the bills. In the first case the final decree was entered after the defendants' demurrers had been sustained. The bill in the second case, which sought declaratory relief, was dismissed after the entry of an interlocutory decree sustaining the defendants' “answer in abatement”, which we treat as a plea. See E. S. Parks Shellac Co. v. Jones, 265 Mass. 108, 110.

The First Case.

The case made by the bill in the first case is as follows; On April 30, 1945, the plaintiff Samuel Stabler and William Sevinor (hereinafter…