Legal Opinion
Fillion v. Cardinal
Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division
Decided October 12, 2000PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreco, J.
This is an action in contract to recover the balance owed on a promissory note signed by the defendant. Although the note was secured by a second mortgage on real estate located in New Hampshire, the proceeds of a foreclosure sale were insufficient to satisfy even the first mortgage, held by Dime Real Estate Services (“Dime”)- In her defense, the defendant asserted that she was not personally liable on the note she signed because she was acting at all times as the disclosed agent of her nephew. Further, she argued that even if she were deemed a principal to the note, the note was…
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- Cook v. KozlowskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
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