Tyler v. Judges of the Court of Registration
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. This was a petition by Tyler uO the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts for a writ of prohibition to be directed to the Judges of the Court of Registration to prohibit them from further proceeding under what is known as the Torrens Act in the registration of a certain parcel of land described in the application, or in the determination of the boundary between such parcel of land and land of…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. This was a petition by Tyler uO the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts for a writ of prohibition to be directed to the Judges of the Court of Registration to prohibit them from further proceeding under what is known as the Torrens Act in the registration of a certain parcel of land described in the application, or in the determination of the boundary between such parcel of land and land of petitioner. The petition alleged in substance that David E. Gould and George H. Jones, on December 22, 1898, applied to the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The prime object of all litigation is to establish a right asserted by the plaintiff or to sustain a defence set up by the party pursued. Save in a few instances where, by statute or the settled practice of the. courts, the plaintiff is permitted to sue for the benefit of another, he is bound to show an interest in the suit personal to himself, and even in a proceeding which he prosecutes for the benefit of the public, as, for example, in cases of nuisance, he must generally aver an injury peculiar to himself, as distinguished from the great body of his fellow citizens.
The very first general…
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