Legal Opinion
Cohen v. Santoianni
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 1, 1953PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
This bill in equity was brought originally by John Santiano, also known as John Santoianni, against his father, Luigi Santoianni, for a binding declaration of rights uncfer a lease of a store in .East Boston. The lease, dated July 10, 1946, was purportedly given by Luigi and his wife Leonarda (now deceased) to their son John (hereinafter sometimes called the plaintiff) for a term of fifty years. After John was adjudicated bankrupt, his trustee in bankruptcy was substituted as party plaintiff.
Luigi’s answer alleged that he could not read or write English or Italian, and that the lease "was…
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