Murphy v. Hanright
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed in the Land Court on November 24, 1919, for the registration of the title to land in Wakefield. The petitioner claimed title through a conveyance to her through a third person by her husband, Thomas F. Murphy, in 1919, contending that Thomas then had title to the land through a deed of his father, Dennis Murphy, dated August 10, 1908, acknowledged September 8, 1908, and recorded December 18, 1912, a deed from him, to his father in 1915 being for his father’s…
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Petition, filed in the Land Court on November 24, 1919, for the registration of the title to land in Wakefield. The petitioner claimed title through a conveyance to her through a third person by her husband, Thomas F. Murphy, in 1919, contending that Thomas then had title to the land through a deed of his father, Dennis Murphy, dated August 10, 1908, acknowledged September 8, 1908, and recorded December 18, 1912, a deed from him, to his father in 1915 being for his father’s life only and providing that on his father’s death, which occurred in 1918, title should “revert” to him. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJenney, J.
In December, 1907, Dennis Murphy was the owner of a parcel of land with buildings thereon in Wakefield, Massachusetts. By deed dated August 10, 1908, he conveyed it to his son, Thomas Murphy, to hold for the life of the son upon the express condition that he (the grantee) should pay to the grantor $36 each month, and that if the grantor predeceased his son, then to the son in fee.. Thomas Murphy reconveyed the property to his father by deed dated December 13, 1911, and recorded March 12, 1912.
In December, 1912, there was recorded a deed in fee from the father to the son which was dated August…
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