Reynolds v. Hennessy
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Trespass on the case. On demurrer to the declaration. This action was brought March 2, 1886, after the equity suit Reynolds v. Sennessy, ante, p. 215, had been dismissed, and was founded on the same transactions as that suit.
1Opinion of the CourtDureee, C. J.
This is an action of trespass on the case ex delicto. The declaration contains three counts, each of which is demurred to.
The first count sets forth that on February 24,1870, one Bartlet Reynolds, being then the owner of a lot of land described, mortgaged it with power of sale to the defendant to secure a negotiable promissory note for $1,600, payable to the order of the defendant five years from date, with interest semi-annually at the rate of eight per cent.; that Bartlet died February 4,1872, and his estate in the lot descended to James Reynolds, the plaintiff’s intestate, he being…
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