English v. English
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on February 10, 1916, by Alice Tamar English, of London in the Kingdom of Great Britain, against Charles R. English of Boston, the husband or former husband of the plaintiff, and one Mary E. Childs, for an order to reconvey to the plaintiff a certain parcel of land with buildings thereon in the part of Newton called West Newton belonging to the plaintiff, which the defendant Charles R. English wrongfully conveyed to the defendant…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on February 10, 1916, by Alice Tamar English, of London in the Kingdom of Great Britain, against Charles R. English of Boston, the husband or former husband of the plaintiff, and one Mary E. Childs, for an order to reconvey to the plaintiff a certain parcel of land with buildings thereon in the part of Newton called West Newton belonging to the plaintiff, which the defendant Charles R. English wrongfully conveyed to the defendant Childs under the pretended authority of a power of attorney from the plaintiff dated September 13, 1909, and which the…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
The material facts as found by the judge of the Superior Court are, that the defendant in 1904 caused an estate then owned and occupied by himself and his family as a home to be conveyed to the plaintiff, his wife, intending “to reserve the real estate away from the vicissitudes of business,” and not to give his wife any beneficial interest, but still to own the property if he happened to get into any financial difficulty. He expected that thereby his family would be secured in a home with him, free from the adversities of business, and relied on the willingness of his wife to convey the…
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