Legal Opinion
Terzis v. Estate of Whalen
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided February 15, 1985No. 84-022PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrock, J.
The plaintiff, a Connecticut attorney, filed a bill in equity against the estate of a former client, seeking to foreclose a $25,000 mortgage securing a fee arrangement. The defendants are the estate, the administratrix, and the decedent’s heirs, William J. Whalen, III, and Jeannie Whalen. The mortgaged real estate is in New Hampshire, but the mortgage was drafted on a Connecticut form which did not include a power of sale. The Master (Charles T. Gallagher, Esq.), whose report was approved by the Superior Court CJohnson, J.), ruled that the fee arrangement was valid and allowed reformation of…
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