Mather v. Stokely
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; Clarence Hale, Judge. Action by Hattie N. Stokely against John L. Mather. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit at common law brought on the covenants in a warranty deed of lands in Florida. It was tried in the District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The plaintiff, Stokely, declared against the defendant, Mather, on a portion of the covenants in a warranty deed given by the defendant to the plaintiff, which was dated the 1st day of December, 1904. The covenants negatived in the declaration were the following: That the defendant was “lawfully seised in fee simple of a good, absolute, and indefeasible estate of inheritance of and in all and singular the…
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