Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1901

Jordan v. Riley

Jordan v. Riley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided April 13, 1901 · Holmes
178 Mass. 524; 60 N.E. 7

Counsel

C. R. Elder, for the demandant., T. P. Riley, for the tenant.

Jordan v. Riley

Opinion of the Court

Holmes, C. J.

The main point of this case is covered by Wishart v. McKnight, ante, 356. The demandant was disseised continuously for more than twenty years. Pub. Sts. c. 196, § 1. It is not material, if it be a fact, that the successive occupants of the tenant’s lot claimed the disputed strip only because they were under a mistake as to where the boundary line would fall when the deeds were applied to the land. Harrison v. Dolan, 172 Mass. 395. Bond v. O'Gara, 177 Mass. 139.

Judgment for tenant affirmed.

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