Woodbridge v. Jones
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed February 25, 1901, for registration of title under the land registration act, St. 1898, c. 562, R. L. c. 128, to a parcel of land on the corner of Denver and Central Streets in the town of Saugus, known as the Salmon Snow place and being a portion of the real estate formerly owned by William EL Twiss, late of Saugus, deceased.
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Petition, filed February 25, 1901, for registration of title under the land registration act, St. 1898, c. 562, R. L. c. 128, to a parcel of land on the corner of Denver and Central Streets in the town of Saugus, known as the Salmon Snow place and being a portion of the real estate formerly owned by William EL Twiss, late of Saugus, deceased. The respondents in their answer denied that the petitioners were seised in fee simple of the premises described in the petition, for the reason that as a matter of law the second clause of the will of William H. Twiss did not empower Sarepta Twiss,…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
Before proceeding to the consideration of this case, we desire to comment upon the form of the report. The report calls for the interpretation of a clause in a will. In such a case, for reasons too obvious to be stated, not only the clause itself but the whole will should be placed before us; and where that is not done we cannot be entirely free from apprehension that something which, if placed before us, would have thrown light upon the question involved, may have been omitted, and, in a close case, that the thing omitted might have led us to a different conclusion. In the report before us…
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