Atlas Shoe Co. v. Bloom
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on March 24, 1909, against Abraham Bloom, his daughter Fannie Krouse and her husband, David Ziskend and Phillip Cohen, another son in law, alleging in substance that the defendant Bloom owed the plaintiff under the provisions of t'he agreement hereinafter quoted $1,993.42, that the plaintiff demanded payment of him, that he . asked for time and forthwith and in fraud of his creditors conveyed to his daughter, the defendant Fannie…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on March 24, 1909, against Abraham Bloom, his daughter Fannie Krouse and her husband, David Ziskend and Phillip Cohen, another son in law, alleging in substance that the defendant Bloom owed the plaintiff under the provisions of t'he agreement hereinafter quoted $1,993.42, that the plaintiff demanded payment of him, that he . asked for time and forthwith and in fraud of his creditors conveyed to his daughter, the defendant Fannie Krouse, an equity in a house and land numbered 20 on Minot Street in Boston, that the daughter mortgaged the land to his…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The defendant Abraham Bloom signed the guaranty dictated in his presence, and upon which the bill is brought, although the master finds that he did not understand its terms because of his limited intelligence and inability to read our language. But the plaintiff held out no inducements, and he could have refused to sign until the contents had been translated or fully explained to him, or, if deceived by the representations of his son that the undertaking only made him responsible for a small bill of goods to be delivered in the future, there is no statement that the deception was instigated…
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