Day v. Cohen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, for the conversion of certain household furniture. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Mason, C. J., who found for the defendants, and reported the case for the determination of this court. If the finding was correct, judgment was to be entered thereon; otherwise, it was to be set aside, and judgment entered for the plaintiff for the sum of three hundred dollars, which was the value of the furniture. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The only question in this case is whether St. 1892, c. 428, § 3, is applicable to a mortgage given at the time of sale to secure a part or the whole of the purchase price of household furniture bought by the mortgagor of the mortgagee. This section is as follows: “ No mortgage of household furniture on which interest is charged at the rate of eighteen per centum or more per annum, made to secure a loan of less than one thousand dollars, shall be valid unless it state with substantial accuracy the amount of the loan, the time for which the loan is made, the rate of interest to be paid, and the…
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