Legal Opinion
Lipson v. Adelson
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided November 16, 1983PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, J.
On May 1, 1970, the defendants signed a promissory note for $7,500, payable in ninety days, with interest at eighteen percent per annum. The plaintiff signed the note as an accommodation party, and, when the defendants failed to pay the note off at maturity, the plaintiff was asked to, and did, pay the holder. In 1979 the plaintiff brought this action to collect on the note and recovered a judgment under Mass.R.Civ.P. 56(a), 365 Mass. 824 (1974). The defendants appeal.
The principal issue raised by the appeal concerns the effect of an agreement signed by the plaintiff, the defendant Sheldon G.…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- McFaden v. NordblomMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Zlotnick v. McNamaraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Perkins v. LockwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Tuttle v. Metz Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Sherman v. SidmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
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