Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1855

Gerrish v. Mason

Gerrish v. Mason
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided October 15, 1855 · Dewey
70 Mass. 432

Gerrish v. Mason

Opinion of the Court

Dewey, J.

There is no ground for maintaining this action. The title of the plaintiff is derived under a mortgage deed of certain land conveyed in the usual form to a married woman, and, by her sole deed, conveyed in mortgage, her husband not joining in the mortgage. The St. of 1845, c. 208, does not apply to the case.

If it were otherwise, the plaintiff, as mortgagee, could not maintain this action founded upon Rev. Sts. c. 104, to recover possession of the mortgaged premises. Hastings v. Pratt, 8 Cush. 121.

Judgment for the defendant.

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