Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1816

Hapgood v. Whitman

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided October 15, 1816

13 Mass. 464

Cases that cite this one

5 later published cases cite this decision.

Golden v. Pilchuck Tribe No. 42, Improved Order of Red Men (Wash. 1913)
Presbrey v. Presbrey (Mass. 1866)
Town of Cheshire v. Town of Burlington (Conn. 1863)
Hastings v. Lane (Me. 1838)
Thayer v. Seavey (Me. 1834)

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Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

The words, one half of the land hereafter described, and one half of all the land contained icithin the bounds hereafter mentioned, necessarily apply to the land which is the subject of this suit; although these words are not repeated in that part of *372the deed which conveyed this particular' lot. The terms and also, which introduce the description of the land in question, show that the same portion of the land was intended to be granted as of that described in the preceding part.

Defendant defaulted.

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