Robert v. Finberg
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to decree a mortgage void, to secure a reconveyance of certain real estate, and for damages for fraud in sale of real estate, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Litchfield County, Case, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendants.
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Action to decree a mortgage void, to secure a reconveyance of certain real estate, and for damages for fraud in sale of real estate, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Litchfield County, Case, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendants. The defendants, Finberg and Friedland, both shrewd and capable .business men of the Borough of Brooklyn, New York, after inspecting a farm at New Milford, owned by a Mrs. Jones of New Milford, contracted to purchase the same for $11,000. Before acquiring title, Finberg gave one Lang an option to purchase…
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge W. Wheeler, J.
The transaction which led to this (No. 412) and the companion action (No. 413) is the story of a fraudulent conspiracy, successfully consummated, by which shrewd and experienced men played upon the credulity and ignorance of a callow young man, and stripped him of a considerable part of the little inheritence left him by his father. The record is an indubitable demonstration of the fraud. Judicial uncovering of the fraud makes redress imperative.
In a case of this character it is especially true, that no errors in the trial, except those involving some substantial injustice to an appellant and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Fox v. TabelSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Bradley v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1892
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