Anderson v. Colwell
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to secure a reconveyance of real estate alleged to have been made by the plaintiffs to the defendant by way of security, for an accounting and for other equitable relief, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where the plaintiffs were non-suited (Reed, J.), and from the refusal of the court to set aside such judgment they appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The complaint sets up these facts: Mary E. Anderson was on November 1st, 1913, the owner of three pieces of land with the buildings thereon. She was in need of money with which to make repairs and to pay the sums due on incumbrances on this property; and her husband, Matthew S. Anderson, was also in need of money for use in his business.
Shortly after November 1st, 1913, the said Mary E. Anderson transferred, by conveyance absolute in form, this property to the defendant upon his agreement to make advances to her and her husband, the plaintiffs herein, to engage him to do certain work, to…
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