Legal Opinion

Starks v. O'Hara

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 26, 1929PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtField, J.

This is an action by the payee of three promissory notes against the maker. The plaintiff produced the notes, which were dated April 23,1925, and were payable on demand with interest and “reasonable attorney’s fees,” and the defendant’s signature on each note was admitted. The plaintiff also introduced in evidence a mortgage deed of the same date of land in Florida which was given by the defendant to him as security for the notes.

The defendant introduced in evidence a deed from the plaintiff to the defendant dated April 1, 1925, of the land *312covered by the mortgage deed. Testifying in his own…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Scotland County v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. Tremont Trust Co. v. NoyesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
  3. North End Savings Bank v. SnowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
  4. Codman v. DelandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
  5. Slotofski v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Lamson & Co. v. AbramsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
  2. Boston Five Cents Savings Bank v. BrooksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
  3. Leonard v. WoodwardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
  4. Silverstein v. SasterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
  5. Sherman v. KoufmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965

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