Legal Opinion
Cleaveland v. Malden Savings Bank
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 26, 1935PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
The defendant filed a plea to this suit in equity. It was overruled by an interlocutory decree. The trial judge, being of opinion that that decree so affected the merits of the controversy that it ought to be determined by the full court before further proceedings, reported its correctness. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 214, § 30.
The allegations of the bill are in substance these: The plaintiff, on July 27, 1922, being the owner in fee simple of real estate in Malden and being also non compos mentis, without any consideration, signed a deed purporting to convey it to her son, who in 1923 gave a…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Foye v. PatchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- Boston & Albany Railroad v. ReardonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity v. PufferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Pearson v. MulloneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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