Legal Opinion
Dubois v. Atlantic Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 11, 1948PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The one count remaining in this action
*513of tort is for deceit,1 and alleges that the defendant induced the plaintiff to sign in blank, on one occasion, a form of mortgage and, on a later occasion, a bill of sale, by falsely representing that it intended to fill in the instruments so that, when completed, they would be a mortgage and a bill of sale of the plaintiff’s tractor; that the defendant thereafter included in the instruments not only the tractor, but also the plaintiff’s trailer; and that in consequence the plaintiff lost his “property” and the use thereof, and sustained loss of business…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Davis v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Bartley v. PhillipsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- National Shawmut Bank v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Piper v. ChildsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Morse v. HutchinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Cardullo v. LandauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- Kilroy v. BarronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
- Gabriel v. BorowyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Rice v. PriceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
- Casey v. GallagherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
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