Crouch v. Eveleth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was a writ of entry, in which the demandants counted upon their seisin in fee, in right of said Elizabeth, and upon a disseisin by the tenant within thirty years. Trial was had upon the general issue by writ of review, before Putnam, J., at the last March term, at Concord, in this county.
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This was a writ of entry, in which the demandants counted upon their seisin in fee, in right of said Elizabeth, and upon a disseisin by the tenant within thirty years. Trial was had upon the general issue by writ of review, before Putnam, J., at the last March term, at Concord, in this county. A verdict being returned for the demandants, a new trial was moved for by the tenant, upon the judge’s report of the trial, the substance of which is stated in the Opinion of the Court, as delivered at this term by
1Opinion of the CourtParker, C. J.
Elizabeth Grouch, in whose right the present action is sued, is the daughter of Joseph Skinner, who died seised of the demanded premises, in the year 1775. Immediately on his decease, the demandants entered and became seised, and continued *278so seised until the year 1785. The original action having been brought in 1813, they must recover, unless their title is disproved by the tenant.
It was in evidence that, at the time of the death of the said Joseph Skinner, he left a son, also named Joseph, who has not been heard of directly since the year 1777; but the tenant offered to prove that he was…
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