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1 Mass. 94

Dudley v. Sumner

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided October 15, 1804

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1804-10-15

<p>Practice.—Pleading double allowed in some cases at the second term.</p>

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently May 1908

3 state decisions

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Decided 1804-10-15

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¶1(Dana, C. J., Sedgwick, and Thacher, justices) said that the motion was made in season, within the reasonable construction of the rule; and gave leave to plead double, as prayed for

¶2Swambly vs. Herby, vol. iv. 441, which must be considered as overruling the present so far as relates to this point. It is now settled that a grantor who has no interest, it competent to prove his deed fraudulent. Vol. xi. 498, Laker vs. Haynes.

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