Legal Opinion
Butter v. Sovrensky
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 6, 1931PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is an action of contract brought by the plaintiff to recover on a series of promissory notes, dated October 24, 1927, payable to his order and signed by the defendant. One of the defences at the trial was that the notes were given as a result of a corrupt bargain whereby the plaintiff was to receive a much larger percentage than other creditors of the defendant on a settlement made by the defendant with all his creditors, and were void for illegality. There was testimony tending to show that there was no such preference to which the plaintiff was a party. This was sharply contradicted by…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Moulton v. BowkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Precious v. O'RourkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Boston Morris Plan Co. v. BarrettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Clarke v. TaylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- See v. NorrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Crowninshield Shipbuilding Co. v. JackmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Friedberg v. JablonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Fellows, Gamage Co. v. JackmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Hurley v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Plante v. LouroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
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