Legal Opinion
Lord v. Roberts
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided January 6, 1931PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
In respect to a claim against an estate administered in the insolvent course, the statute (P. L., c. 303, s. 15) permits the allowance of only such part of the claim as exceeds the value of collateral security held for it. Hence, if the full title to the property in Maine was validly mortgaged, the disallowance of the claim was required, since the property was worth more than the amount of the claim.
The plaintiff says that the mortgage conveyed only an estate for the decedent’s life, the termination of which then and there left the security with no value, and advances argument, first, that if…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Kent v. MorrisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Swarthout v. . RanierNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Hoyt v. JaquesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Hamilton v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
- Bodfish v. BodfishSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1909
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Horace S. Miller, Jr. And Isabel M. Campbell, Co-Executors of the Estate of Isabella Steel Miller, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Lyter v. VestalSupreme Court of Missouri · 1946
- Oken v. HammerColorado Court of Appeals · 1990
- Board of Home Missions, C. v. SaltmerNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1939
- Goulder v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1939
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