Tyler v. Judges of Court of Registration
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, for a writ of prohibition against the judges of the Court of Registration established by St. 1898, c. 562, entitled “An Act to provide for registering and confirming titles to land,” to prohibit them from proceeding further in registering the title to a certain parcel of land and determining the boundaries between it and an adjoining parcel of land belonging to the petitioner.
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Petition, for a writ of prohibition against the judges of the Court of Registration established by St. 1898, c. 562, entitled “An Act to provide for registering and confirming titles to land,” to prohibit them from proceeding further in registering the title to a certain parcel of land and determining the boundaries between it and an adjoining parcel of land belonging to the petitioner. At the hearing before Hammond, J., the only question raised was whether the statute was constitutional, the petitioner contending that the original registration deprives all persons except the registered owner…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, C. J.
This is a petition for a writ of prohibition against the judges of the Court of Registration established by St. 1898, c. 562, and is brought to prevent their proceeding upon an application concerning land in which the petitioner claims an interest. The ground of the petition is that the act establishing the court is unconstitutional. Two reasons are urged against the act, both of which are thought to go to the root of the statute and to make action under it impossible. The first and most important is that the original registration deprives all persons except the registered owner of any…
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