Legal Opinion
Hodgson v. Burroughs
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 16, 1938No. [Nos. 34, 35, October Term, 1938.]PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOffutt, J.
Richard H. Hodgson was, during 1930 and prior thereto, engaged in business in the Town of Salisbury on the Eastern Shore of Maryland as a mortgage loan broker. Among his clients was James S. Burroughs, who resided in Snow Hill, Maryland, for whom Hodgson had from time to time since 1920 invested money in mortgages.
On August 1st,' 1930, Hodgson had in his possession $5,000, which he had collected for Burroughs, and on that day he wrote Burroughs this letter:
“Your Thomas B. Walston — $3000.00 mortgage and your Marshall S. Wilson — $2000.00 mortgage are being paid, and we have closed for you in…
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