Legal Opinion
Durkin v. Siegel
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 7, 1960PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
Promissory notes signed by one Browne were indorsed by the defendant. They were protested for nonpayment and notice of dishonor was sent on January 17, 1957, “by the plaintiffs’ attorney by certified mail, return receipt requested, properly stamped and addressed to the defendant at his home . . . [in] Brookline .... The letter, unopened, was returned by the post office . . . with the notation ‘refused’ . . . across the face of the envelope. The defendant testified that he was in Canada at the time.” The defendant in each of these two actions presented a motion for a directed verdict, which…
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