Rollins v. Quimby
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for the conversion of property of the plaintiff alleged to have been obtained from her by false and fraudulent representations made by the defendant.
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Tort for the conversion of property of the plaintiff alleged to have been obtained from her by false and fraudulent representations made by the defendant. Writ dated April 6,1907. The defendant filed a motion for specifications, in answer to which the plaintiff filed an amendment, which in substance was a declaration for deceit, alleging that the defendant, in.order to induce the plaintiff to exchange a certain farm situated in the town of Dudley and the live stock thereon for certain mortgages, falsely and fraudulently represented to the plaintiff that the mortgages were first mortgages, and…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The evidence warranted a finding that the plaintiff was induced to sell the farm and live stock by representations made by the defendant, that the mortgages which he proposed to trade for the farm and stock “ were first mortgages just as good as money in the bank,” and that these representations were in part at least false and fraudulent. One of the mortgages was a first mortgage for $500 on real estate in Stone-ham ; one was a second mortgage for $2,200 on real estate in Worcester; and the other was a third mortgage for $2,300, also on real estate in Worcester. The defense is that the…
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