Legal Opinion
Watertown Federal Savings & Loan Association v. Spanks
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 1, 1963PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
The plaintiff (the bank) seeks to recover from the defendants, husband and wife, upon a promissory note, dated June 24, 1959, payable to “Greenlaw & Sons Roofing & Siding Co.,” indorsed to Colony Distributors, Inc. (Colony), by an indorsement signed “Greenlaw & Sons by George M. Greenlaw,” and then indorsed by Colony to the bank. The defendants denied the genuineness of their purported signatures and of all indorsements and filed a declaration in set-off to recover their payments to the bank on the note.
At the trial, the defendants admitted signing the note and also a completion certificate…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Stow v. Commissioner of Corporations & TaxationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Lander v. Samuel Heller Leather Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Indiana Flooring Co. v. RudnickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Gramatan National Bank & Trust Co. v. MoodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
3Cited by7 opinions
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- Cliff Compton, Inc. v. LeonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- Cliff Compton, Inc. v. LeonMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1967
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