Mignault v. Goldman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of tort for deceit inducing the plaintiff to purchase certain real estate in Salem. Writs dated November 20, 1913, and January 5, 1914. In the Superior Court the actions were tried together before Hitchcock, J. The real estate in question comprised three three-apartment houses on Forest Avenue and three two-apartment houseson Ocean Terrace in Salem. The purchase price was $31,000. The material evidence is described in the opinion.
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Two actions of tort for deceit inducing the plaintiff to purchase certain real estate in Salem. Writs dated November 20, 1913, and January 5, 1914. In the Superior Court the actions were tried together before Hitchcock, J. The real estate in question comprised three three-apartment houses on Forest Avenue and three two-apartment houseson Ocean Terrace in Salem. The purchase price was $31,000. The material evidence is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence, the defendants asked for and the judge refused thirty-four requests for rulings, raising the questions of law described in…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
These are two actions to recover damages for false and fraudulent representations made by the defendants, which induced the plaintiff to purchase certain real estate belonging to the defendant Albert Goldman. The defendant Annie Goldman, the wife of Albert, acted for him in the sale of the property. The purchase price was $31,000. The jury found for the plaintiff in each case.
1. There was evidence for the jury that it was represented to the plaintiff by Mrs. Goldman that Blanchard, one of the tenants, was paying a rental of $25 a month when in fact he was paying but $18 a month; and that the…
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