Address of His Honor John S. Sleeper, Mayor of Roxbury, to the City Council of Roxbury, August 30, 1858, Announcing the Result of the Suit, Commonwealth Vs. Roxbury and West Roxbury, Relating to Back Bay Lands (Classic Reprint)
Author: John S. Sleeper
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2016-12-29
Total Pages: 22
ISBN-13: 9781334825507
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Address of His Honor John S. Sleeper, Mayor of Roxbury, to the City Council of Roxbury, August 30, 1858, Announcing the Result of the Suit, Commonwealth Vs. Roxbury and West Roxbury, Relating to Back Bay Lands The result of the reference was such as was confidently anticipated from the character of the facts, and the argu ments employed in behalf of Roxbury. The Referee, in his report, speaking of the Colonial Order or Grant of May 25, 1636, already alluded to, says: I am therefore of opinion and decide that this order was a grant in fee of all the land described in it: that the description covers all the land lying between Dorchester and Boston, as the limits of the two towns then existed, which had not before been granted to Roxbury. That inasmuch as every part of the territory granted lay easterly of some parts of Charles River, and southerly of some parts of said river, I cannot believe that the introduction of the words, easterly of Charles River, ' if they apply to the granted new territory rather than the whole town, was intended to divide it, and to grant one part and reserve the other part of the territory, which was included in the general descrip tion of the whole. I am, therefore, of opinion, and do decide, that the Act of 1636, in the liberal and proper construction of the language used, Operated as a grant, and vested in the then town of Roxbury the fee of the demanded premises. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
