Newton Centre Trust Co. v. Stuart
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions oe contract upon certain promissory notes, described in the opinion, which were alleged to have been indorsed by the defendants Willoughby H. Stuart and his wife Susan M. Stuart. Writs in the Supreme Judicial Court dated September 17, 1904, and July 20, 1903. The cases were referred to Arthur Lord, Esquire, as auditor. He filed a report in which he found for the defendant Susan M. Stuart in both cases.
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Two actions oe contract upon certain promissory notes, described in the opinion, which were alleged to have been indorsed by the defendants Willoughby H. Stuart and his wife Susan M. Stuart. Writs in the Supreme Judicial Court dated September 17, 1904, and July 20, 1903. The cases were referred to Arthur Lord, Esquire, as auditor. He filed a report in which he found for the defendant Susan M. Stuart in both cases. The cases first were tried together before Morton, J., who ordered verdicts for the defendant Susan M. Stuart, the defendant Willoughby H. Stuart making no defense. The plaintiffs…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
These cases are before us on exceptions taken at the new trial consequent on the decision of this court in Newton Centre Trust Co. v. Stuart, 201 Mass. 288.
1. The first exception argued by the defendant is to the ruling of the presiding justice allowing the plaintiffs to show that Mrs. Stuart’s father said in September, 1902: “ That scoundrel [meaning the defendant’s husband] has persuaded her to put her name to over $100,000 worth of that paper, and I know it because she has told me so.” We speak of Mrs. Stuart as the defendant because no contest has' been made in these actions by her…
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- Newton Centre Trust Co. v. StuartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
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