Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1857

Warren v. Cogswell

Warren v. Cogswell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided November 15, 1857
76 Mass. 76

Warren v. Cogswell

Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

1. The four lots not in the grantor’s accu potion were not embraced in the term “ homestead,” and did not pass by the mortgages to Little and others. Brown v. Saltonstall, 3 Met. 413.

2. The evidence offered and excluded was inadmissible to affect the construction of the deed. Judgment for the tenants.

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