Legal Opinion
National Shawmut Bank v. Hallett
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 9, 1948PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
This is an action of contract to recover principal and interest alleged to be due on a promissory note for $31,520.83 dated June 15, 1936, and payable three months after date to the Citizens National Bank. After entry of the case, The National Shawmut Bank of Boston, as assignee of the note, was substituted as plaintiff for the Citizens National Bank. Wherever the bank or plaintiff is hereinafter mentioned, reference is made to the Citizens National Bank. The defendant’s answer sets up lack of consideration, failure of consideration, payment, fraud, and misappropriation of collateral. The…
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