New Hampshire Savings Bank v. National Rockland Bank

The trial Court correctly ruled that the defendant National Rockland Bank had the burden of proving its claim that it has a valid pledge of property of the defendant estate to secure the loans of Blanche E. Thompson. The Court found that at the time of the pledge Mrs. Ella J. Thompson “was competent to transact this business.” This finding as well as others was excepted to on the ground that the Court did not find and report all material facts and all rulings of law but merely stated a conclusion. The duty of a Superior Court judge under R. L., c. 370, s. 13 has been stated in Oullette v.…