Bradstreet v. Butterfield
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Writ of entry, dated March 18, 1875, brought to recover a parcel of land in that part of Boston formerly Charlestown. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the tenants, to this court on appeal, upon the following statement of facts: The demandants are the heirs at law of James W. Steams, late of Somerville, in the county of Middlesex, who died in 1863, and was a son of Sarah W. Steams.
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Writ of entry, dated March 18, 1875, brought to recover a parcel of land in that part of Boston formerly Charlestown. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the tenants, to this court on appeal, upon the following statement of facts: The demandants are the heirs at law of James W. Steams, late of Somerville, in the county of Middlesex, who died in 1863, and was a son of Sarah W. Steams. The tenants are the heirs at law of Freeman Peacock, deceased. Both parties claim title under the will of Sarah W. Stearns, late of Salem, in the county of Essex, which will was…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
The validity and effect of the decree made by this court in Middlesex at October term 1860 depend upon the provisions of the General Statutes. Gen. Sts. c. 181, § 2.
The provisions of those statutes conferring general jurisdiction in equity upon this court do not usually direct in what county suits in equity shall be brought, but leave that question to be *342determined by the nature of the subject matter, the analogies to be derived from actions at law, and the practice of courts of chancery. The principal if not the only cases in which there is express legislation upon this point are those of…
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