Rangely v. Spring
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This was a writ of entry, wherein were demanded four several parcels of land in Saco, no one of them adjoining either of the others, on one of which was a dwellinghouse and other buildings.
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This was a writ of entry, wherein were demanded four several parcels of land in Saco, no one of them adjoining either of the others, on one of which was a dwellinghouse and other buildings. On January 4, 1830, Mrs. Olive Spring, the wife of the-tenant, was the undisputed owner of three of the lots, including that on which the buildings stood, and on that day joined with her husband in a mortgage to the Saco Bank, to secure the payment of a sum of money due from him to the bank, receiving back an obligation to re-convey to Mrs. Spring, the land belonging to her, on the payment of the money…
1Opinion of the Court
Whitman C. J.
This cause has been before us upon a former occasion, (21 Maine R. 130) upon the report of the Judge, who presided at a former trial; and a new trial was granted on account of the misdirection to the jury, in that *136trial, that the consent of the defendant’s wife was necessary to render a conveyance to one David Webster, by certain individuals, acting as the assignees of the Saco Bank, effectual. As the facts were presented to the Court at that time a strong impression was made, that it would be extremely iniquitous, that the defendant should be allowed to prevail; and in…
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- Welland Canal Co. v. HathawayNew York Supreme Court · 1832
- Pray v. PierceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1811
- Wentz v. DehavenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1815
- Marston v. BrackettSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1838
- Morse v. ChildSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1834
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- LaFlamme v. HoffmanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1953