Federal National Bank v. Gaston

This case comes before us upon a report from the Land Court made pursuant to G. L. c. 185, § 15.

Both the bank and the Gaston petitions seek registration of mortgages of registered land in the absence of the duplicate certificate of the mortgagor.

The Land Court has jurisdiction to entertain and to pass upon them. G. L. c. 185, § 1, makes it a court of record with jurisdiction to hear and determine all questions arising upon petitions for the registration of title to land and ease*474ments or rights in land held and possessed in fee simple. Jurisdiction to hear and determine exists even if, as a…