¶1The execution, bearing date of October 21,1873, and reciting that the judgment was recovered at the term of the Superior Court, held “ on the first Monday of September last, to wit, on the fourteenth day of October,” clearly shows upon its face, notwithstanding the imperfect attempt to repeat the year, that the judgment was recovered on October 14, 1873. The including of illegal fees does not avoid a levy. Holmes v. Hall, 4 Met. 419. Exceptions overruled.
121 Mass. 555
Stevens v. Roberts
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 12, 1877
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1877-01-12
Writ of entry to recover possession of a parcel of land in Townsend. Plea, nul disseisin. Trial in the Superior Court, before Colburn, J., without a jury, who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows : Both parties claimed under George Taft.
Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently December 1922
2 state decisions
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Decided 1877-01-12
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