Greenlaw v. Eastport Savings Bank
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
In equity. On report. Bill in equity against the defendant bank, and seven other defendants, to redeem certain real estate from an alleged equitable mortgage. The defendant bank filed an answer and the cause was then sent to a referee who heard the matter and found the facts. The cause was then reported to the Law Court on "bill and answer of the Eastport Savings Bank and the report of the referee.” The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
Bill in equity to redeem certain real estate from an alleged equitable mortgage. The case is before this court on report for the determination of the question submitted by the referee, whose report, so far as material to the question presented, is as follows: "Mary S. Kenney on March 14th, 1887, conveyed to Samuel D. Leavitt by warranty deed absolute in form the real estate described in paragraph one of the bill and in the copy of deed, Exhibit ‘A’, annexed to the bill. This conveyance^ though *206absolute in form, was in fact only for security for loans then made and to be made to Mary S. Kenney…
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- Ferguson v. BoydIndiana Supreme Court · 1907
- West v. ReedIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
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- Seymour v. MackayIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
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