Cook v. Scheffreen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on March 18, 1912, by Norman H. Cook and Ellen M. Cook, his wife, against Charles J. Scheffreen and Dora Scheffreen, his wife, and Ezra F. Pratt, to rescind an exchange of property made between the plaintiffs and the defendants Scheffreen on October 16, 1911, as described in the opinion, which it was alleged that the plaintiffs had been induced to make by the false and fraudulent representations of all the defendants.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on March 18, 1912, by Norman H. Cook and Ellen M. Cook, his wife, against Charles J. Scheffreen and Dora Scheffreen, his wife, and Ezra F. Pratt, to rescind an exchange of property made between the plaintiffs and the defendants Scheffreen on October 16, 1911, as described in the opinion, which it was alleged that the plaintiffs had been induced to make by the false and fraudulent representations of all the defendants. The case was referred to Thomas L. Wiles, Esquire, as master, by an order of reference which is quoted in the opinion. A motion of…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
This is a bill to set aside for fraud an exchange of property between the plaintiffs, who are husband and wife, and the defendants, two of whom also are husband and wife. The facts of the case appear from the master’s report to be in substance as follows:
On October 11, 1911, Norman Cook, owning a farm in Barre, and his wife Ellen, owning (1) the live stock, tools and like personal property used in connection with it, and also (2) a cottage on an island in Casco Bay in the State of Maine, were induced to exchange these properties for an apartment house in Boston owned by the defendant Charles…
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