Ahern v. McGlinchy
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion and exceptions by defendant. Motion and exceptions sustained. This is an action on the case for deceit to recover money expended in removing a cloud from the title to real estate conveyed to the plaintiff's intestate by Ellen McGlinchy, by warranty deed in March, 1901. The case was tried before the Superior Court of Cumberland County.
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On motion and exceptions by defendant. Motion and exceptions sustained. This is an action on the case for deceit to recover money expended in removing a cloud from the title to real estate conveyed to the plaintiff's intestate by Ellen McGlinchy, by warranty deed in March, 1901. The case was tried before the Superior Court of Cumberland County. The plaintiff claimed that the defendant, acting as agent for the grantor, made false representations as to the title to the land, that the grantee, relying upon those representations, purchased the land and later found the title defective. Plea,…
1Opinion of the CourtPhilbrook, J.
Action on the case for deceit, tried in Superior Court of Cumberland County, verdict for plaintiff, and defendant comes to this court on exceptions and general motion for a new trial.
On the seventh day of March, 1901, one Ellen McGlinchy, in consideration of one dollar and other valuable considerations, conveyed a certain parcel of land to John X. Welch, plaintiff’s intestate, and Mary Welch, his aunt, giving a warranty deed. The plaintiff claims that the defendant, acting as agent for the grantor, made false representations as to the title to the land, that the grantees relied on those…
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- Leggate v. MoultonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Jones v. Estate of EllisSupreme Court of Vermont · 1896
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