Legal Opinion

Doe v. Littlefield

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided December 5, 1904PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Exceptions by defendant. Bill in equity by the plaintiff against the defendant to redeem a mortgage of real estate from a foreclosure commenced by said defendant Littlefield as administrator de bonis non of the estate of Hiram Bliss, late of Washington, deceased. The defendant Littlefield filed a general demurrer which was overruled by the presiding justice, and the defendant excepted. The causes of demurrer fully appear in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.

This is a bill in equity brought by the plaintiff to redeem certain real estate from a purchase-money mortgage given by the plaintiff to Hiram Bliss, the defendant’s intestate, May 16, 1896. The defendant demurred to the bill, and the case comes to this court on exceptions to the overruling of the demurrer.

Section 15 of chapter 92, B. S., provides that “any mortgagor . . . . may demand of the mortgagee ... a true account of the sum due on the mortgage and of the rents and profits and money expended in repairs and improvements, if any; and if he unnecessarily refuses or neglects to render such…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Basham v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1915
  2. Fogg v. Twin Town Chevrolet, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1937
  3. Fogg v. Twin Town Chevrolet, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1938

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