Bradley v. Merrill
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On retort. Bill in equity, heard on bill, answers and proof. This was a bill in equity brought by Mary E. Bradley against Sherburne R. Merrill, John W. Lane, John F. Proctor and Edward Hasty, for the redemption of the house and lot, No. 776 Congress street in Portland, from, as she claimed, equitable mortgages. The bill was filed May 8, 1888; the defendants subsequently answered severally, and replications were filed to all the answers.
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On retort. Bill in equity, heard on bill, answers and proof. This was a bill in equity brought by Mary E. Bradley against Sherburne R. Merrill, John W. Lane, John F. Proctor and Edward Hasty, for the redemption of the house and lot, No. 776 Congress street in Portland, from, as she claimed, equitable mortgages. The bill was filed May 8, 1888; the defendants subsequently answered severally, and replications were filed to all the answers. At the April term, 1893, the cause was set for hearing on the bill, answers and proof and a hearing had. The complainant, against the objection of the…
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
Bill in equity for the redemption of a house and lot on Congress street in Portland from what is claimed to be equitable mortgages.
The rights of the parties to this litigation cannot be understood without recurring to some of the important and material facts which appear in evidence. Many of the minor details, though bearing distinctly upon the issues involved, must necessarily be omitted.
March 7, 1876, the complainant owned the premises in controversy, subject to a mortgage to the Maine Savings Bank. Afterwards the bank foreclosed the mortgage and obtained the fee in the property on July 13,…
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