Greene v. Harris
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Bill in equity to redeem a mortgage, and to secure a balance of account claimed to be due the complainant. The former proceedings in the case are reported in Vol. IX.
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Bill in equity to redeem a mortgage, and to secure a balance of account claimed to be due the complainant. The former proceedings in the case are reported in Vol. IX. R. I. Reports, at page 401. The facts of the case, and all the proceedings from the time the opinion there reported was rendered down to the present hearing, which was had upon the respondents’ demurrer to the complainant’s -amended bill, are stated in the opinion of the court. in support of the demurrer, made the following points and submitted the following authorities: I. That the bill does not state a case of fraudulent…
1Opinion of the CourtPotter, J.
The complainant, by a bill filed August 29, 1868, claims to redeem a mortgage given in 1855, to secure a promissory note, and also to secure a future balance of account, and in order to ascertain the amount due he claims to have certain accounts corrected by allowing prices for work differing from and exceeding the prices formerly charged, and that an account be taken, &c.
The complainant says that he and the respondent Harris had been engaged from 1841 to 1863 in the closest business relations in the printing business (the complainant printing and the respondent selling), a part of the time…
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