Legal Opinion

Crummett v. Littlefield

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided December 16, 1903PublishedCited by 7 opinions

On report. Case remitted for amendment as to parties, according to the stipulation agreed on. Bill to redeem a mortgage. The facts appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.

In this bill in equity brought to redeem a mortgage on certain real, estate in Somerville, the plaintiff contends that by virtue of the covenant against incumbrances contained in the deed of warranty of the premises given to him by the defendant’s intestate, he is entitled to have the amount of certain tax liens outstanding on the mortgaged premises, deducted from the amount due on the mortgage, and to have a decree entered only for the balance.

May 7, 1894, the defendant’s intestate, Hiram Bliss, Jr., conveyed to the plaintiff two parcels of land by a deed of warranty containing the following…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Goodwin v. KeneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1882

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Hartford National Bank & Trust Co. v. HarveySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
  2. Champlin Refining Co. v. Gasoline Products Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1928
  3. Smith v. Bath Loan & Building Ass'nSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1927
  4. Cooper v. Fidelity Trust Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1934
  5. Elliott v. CarrollSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1934

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