Hindenlang v. Mahon
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract by. Herman Hindenlang, Walter Hindenlang and Arthur Hindenlang, the trustees of the Securities Real Estate Trust under a written declaration of trust, upon a contract in writing, "dated July 26, 1915, which was a Monday, to recover $368, being the purchase price of a parcel of land in Boston less $5 paid, and interest thereon.
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Contract by. Herman Hindenlang, Walter Hindenlang and Arthur Hindenlang, the trustees of the Securities Real Estate Trust under a written declaration of trust, upon a contract in writing, "dated July 26, 1915, which was a Monday, to recover $368, being the purchase price of a parcel of land in Boston less $5 paid, and interest thereon. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated November 27, 1915. The evidence at the trial in the Municipal Court is described in the opinion, where also the findings and rulings of the judge are stated. The judge found for the defendant, and at the…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action of contract to recover an unpaid balance of the purchase price of certain real estate, under a written agreement for the sale thereof by the plaintiffs to the defendant. The answer as amended is a general denial, payment, that the contract was made on Sunday, and the statute of frauds.
The case comes to this court upon an appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dismissing a report made by the trial judge. The report recites that “on Sunday, July 25, 1915, the defendant and Arthur Hindenlang, one of the plaintiffs, he having…
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