Legal Opinion
Provident Co-Operative Bank v. James Talcott, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 14, 1970PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
This is a suit in equity brought by the Provident Co-operative Bank (Provident), Hazel Hutchinson (Mrs. Hutchinson) and her son, Eben Hutchinson, Jr. (Hutchinson), against James Talcott, Inc. (Talcott) and Lucy Janis (Mrs. Janis). The plaintiffs seek a decree declaring that a real estate mortgage given by Mrs. Janis to Provident and now held by Mrs. Hutchinson has priority over another mortgage on the same real estate given by Mrs. Janis to Talcott. By a counterclaim set up in her answer, Mrs. Janis seeks a decree cancelling a guaranty agreement which was secured by her real estate mortgage…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- French Lumber Co. v. Commercial Realty & Finance Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
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