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143 Mass. 165

Eames v. Snell

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 4, 1887

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1887-01-04

Replevin of certain personal property. Writ dated December 13, 1884. The defendant, a deputy sheriff, justified under an execution against George L. Eames, by virtue of which he seized the property in question.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently November 1929

1 state decisions

Relies on Farwell v. Rogers

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Decided 1887-01-04

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Holmes, J.

¶1A mortgage alone is no evidence of the mortgagor’s title or possession. Gibbs v. Childs, ante, 103. It is unnecessary to decide whether, when the property belonged to one of two persons, both of whom handled it, and the only question is, which was owner and had possession, and which was only an agent' or servant, the execution of a mortgage by one, witnessed by the other, would or would not be some evidence that the property belonged to the mortgagor, because, as we understand the bill of exceptions, there was independent evidence that the mortgagor was in possession when he made the mortgage. If he was, then making the mortgage was an act of dominion, and was some evidence of title. See Farwell v. Rogers, 99 Mass. 33.

¶2Exceptions overruled.

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