Legal Opinion
Devine v. Tierney
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 8, 1942PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSturgis, C. J.
This is an appeal from a decree dismissing a Bill in Equity to redeem certain lands and buildings situated in Fort Fairfield, Maine, from an equitable mortgage.
On or about December 31, 1923, John R. Devine of Fort Fairfield mortgaged his homestead farm to the Federal Land Bank of Springfield, Massachusetts, and the mortgage not having been paid according to its terms was in due course foreclosed and the statutory period of redemption on August 1, 1937, had expired. On that day he procured the conveyance of the farm to his wife’s sister Katherine R. Tierney of Arlington, Massachusetts, who…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Knapp v. BaileySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1887
- Hopkins v. McCarthySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1921
- York v. MathisSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1907
- Hyams v. Old Dominion Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1915
- Coleman v. DuntonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1904
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Maine National Bank v. Morse (In Re Morse)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 1983
- Twin Island Development Corp. v. WinchesterSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1986
- Ricker v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1976
- Munsey v. GrovesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1955
- Sprague v. Kelly (In Re Kelly)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine · 1983
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