Legal Opinion
Blanchard v. Porter
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 14, 1944PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
This is an action of contract by the payee against the makers of a joint and several demand promissory note dated February 7, 1935. The defendants are husband and wife. The judge found for the plaintiff as against the husband and in favor of the wife on the ground that there was no consideration for her signature to the note. The plaintiff appealed from an order of the Appellate Division dismissing the report.
There was evidence that the wife owned a farm which her husband operated and managed for her, and that the husband had borrowed various sums from the plaintiff aggregating $3,000 for the…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Union Trust Co. v. McGintyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Boston Steel & Iron Co. v. SteuerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Neal v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Ahern v. TowleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Lowell v. BickfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Shakro v. HaddadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1961
- LeBlanc v. MolloyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Baker v. PaeffMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Johnson v. FavazzaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
- Cape Cod Bank & Trust Co. v. RasmussenMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1981
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