Doyle v. Corey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in EQUITY, filed October 20,1896, in the Superior Court, by the administratrix of the estate of James Doyle, to redeem certain land in Boston from a mortgage. At the hearing, a decree was entered for the plaintiff; and the defendant appealed to this court. The facts material to the point decided appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
The decree which was entered is quite informal, and is substantially defective in not specifying the time within which the payment is to be made, or what shall be done in case of failure to make payment at a certain time.* It fixes the sum *338to be paid at $960.63. There is nothing whatever to show how the sum is arrived at, except as it might perhaps be picked out from the evidence, all of which is before us. The defendant alone appeals from the decree. The principal question presented is, whether on the evidence the court was warranted in finding that the plaintiff is entitled to be allowed…
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