Legal Opinion

Pierce v. Le Monier

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 28, 1899PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Bill in equity, filed February 27, 1894, in the Superior Court, and amended May 31, 1894, against Maria Le Monier and A. L. Warner, for an accounting and for the redemption of certain land in Paxton from a mortgage given by the plaintiff to the defendant Le Monier, and by her assigned to the defendant Warner. . The case was referred to a master, who found and reported that on June 5, 1886, Frank W. Pierce, the husband of the plaintiff, conveyed the real estate in question…

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Bill in equity, filed February 27, 1894, in the Superior Court, and amended May 31, 1894, against Maria Le Monier and A. L. Warner, for an accounting and for the redemption of certain land in Paxton from a mortgage given by the plaintiff to the defendant Le Monier, and by her assigned to the defendant Warner. . The case was referred to a master, who found and reported that on June 5, 1886, Frank W. Pierce, the husband of the plaintiff, conveyed the real estate in question through a third person to her, the same being a voluntary conveyance without consideration; that on August 28, 1886, the…

1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.

The master has found that the defendant Warner holds the naked legal title to the mortgage, but that he has no further interest in the same, and that there is nothing due him thereon; and that the defendant Maria Le Monier has no equitable title to said mortgage, and that there is nothing due her thereon. The master has also found that George C. Le Monier has an equitable claim under said mortgage as security for the amount due him from the plaintiff and her husband, which he has found to be $50 and interest, amounting in all to $62.37. The decree directs the plaintiff to pay the said George…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Harvey v. VarneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
  2. Thomas v. GoodwinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1815
  3. Clinkinbeard v. ClinkinbeardCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1860
  4. Stillings v. TurnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
  5. Carll v. EmeryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Lufkin v. JakemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
  2. Service Mortgage Corp. v. WelsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
  3. Stratton v. EdwardsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
  4. Murphy v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
  5. Rabalsky v. LevensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915

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