Royal Bank of Canada v. Connolly

The plaintiff brought an action in the Superior Court to recover a sum due under two guaranties, executed by the defendants, which secured loans made by the plaintiff to a corporation owned in part by the defendants. A Superior Court judge entered summary judgment for the plaintiff pursuant to Mass.R.Civ.P. 56, 365 Mass. 824 (1974), from which the defendants have appealed. There was no error.

The defendants attempted to defeat the plaintiff’s motion by alleging that the execution of the guaranties had been procured by fraudulent representation on the part of the plaintiff; that the guaranties…