Legal Opinion
Cannon v. Fahey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 30, 1951PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
This is an action of contract to recover $1,500 alleged to have been collected for the plaintiff by the defendant while acting as the plaintiff’s attorney at law. It is essentially an action for money had and received to the plaintiff’s use. Ackert v. Barker, 131 Mass. 436, 438. The declaration contains an allegation that the defendant has unreasonably neglected to pay over the moneys so collected and that therefore he is chargeable with five times the lawful interest on said sum. Although this increased rate of interest, provided by G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 221, § 51, is a penalty, it is…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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