Greene v. Harris and Another
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Bill in equity to redeem a mortgage and to secure a balance of account claimed to be due tbe complainant. The respondent Harris, in bis answer, alleged by way of plea: 1. That detailed and stated accounts were from time to time mutually rendered and exchanged between the parties, by which a certain balance $104,307 71 over and above the mortgage note, was found to be due said Harris on the 31st of December, 1867, interest being from time to time regularly carried into the…
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Bill in equity to redeem a mortgage and to secure a balance of account claimed to be due tbe complainant. The respondent Harris, in bis answer, alleged by way of plea: 1. That detailed and stated accounts were from time to time mutually rendered and exchanged between the parties, by which a certain balance $104,307 71 over and above the mortgage note, was found to be due said Harris on the 31st of December, 1867, interest being from time to time regularly carried into the said account. 2. That the alleged contract was not to be performed in a year, and therefore void. 3. That all the causes…
1Opinion of the CourtPotter, J.
This is a bill filed August 29, 1868, to redeem a mortgage on the complainant’s print-works, and also claims a balance due the complainant. The mortgage was executed by the complainant, May 19,1855, to secure a note for $40,000, and also all claims, debts, and demands due, or that might become due, and all sums due by note, book account, or otherwise, and also to secure endorsements, &c.
The bill alleges that the parties had been in the closest business relations since 1841, the' complainant and his son Henry printing cloths and the said Harris selling them, a part of the time on joint…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- The State of Rhode Island v. the State of MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
- Hughes v. BlakeSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
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- Philip Allen & Sons v. Woonsocket Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1876
- Greene v. HarrisSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1877