Dennett v. Atkins
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court in its amended form on March 9, 1917, to set aside for fraud a conveyance of, and to obtain a conveyance to the plaintiff of, certain real estate on Concord Avenue and Somerset Place in Belmont, which the plaintiff claimed the right to redeem from an alleged defective foreclosure of a mortgage, previously having filed a bill to redeem such real estate from the mortgage as described in the opinion.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court in its amended form on March 9, 1917, to set aside for fraud a conveyance of, and to obtain a conveyance to the plaintiff of, certain real estate on Concord Avenue and Somerset Place in Belmont, which the plaintiff claimed the right to redeem from an alleged defective foreclosure of a mortgage, previously having filed a bill to redeem such real estate from the mortgage as described in the opinion. The defendant demurred to the bill as amended assigning the following causes of demurrer: “1. That the plaintiff has not stated in his bill such a…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
The report in this case presents the question whether the demurrer to the bill as amended should have been sustained or properly was overruled.
The plaintiff seeks to set aside an alleged fraudulent conveyance through which the defendant obtained title to the land described in the first paragraph of the bill. The bill alleges in substance that on September 15,1888, the plaintiff and his wife, Alice H. Dennett, *303conveyed by mortgage the lands in question to John P. Dennett to secure the payment of a note for $9,000 and interest; that the mortgage and note afterwards were assigned to one Robert…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Dennett v. CodmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Dennett v. CodmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Flanders v. HallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
3Cited by1 opinion
- Browning v. PalieMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1958