McCarthy v. Waltham Co-operative Bank
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on October 1, 1917, and afterwards amended, against the Waltham Cooperative Bank, one George H. Strauch, and, as individuals, those who from October 1, 1897, to January 30, 1901, were members of the board of metropolitan park commissioners, for redemption from a mortgage foreclosed in 1898, and for damages alleged to have been caused by acts in furtherance of a conspiracy to deprive the plaintiff of the property foreclosed,…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on October 1, 1917, and afterwards amended, against the Waltham Cooperative Bank, one George H. Strauch, and, as individuals, those who from October 1, 1897, to January 30, 1901, were members of the board of metropolitan park commissioners, for redemption from a mortgage foreclosed in 1898, and for damages alleged to have been caused by acts in furtherance of a conspiracy to deprive the plaintiff of the property foreclosed, for an alleged unlawful taking and for mental suffering alleged to have been caused by such acts and leading to…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
This bill in equity prays, among other things, for redemption from a mortgage that was foreclosed by the defendant bank in September, 1898; for an accounting; and for damages alleged to have been caused by a conspiracy between the defendants and by divers illegal acts done in- pursuance thereof. The case was heard by a master, who made a comprehensive report. Subsequently decrees were entered, overruling exceptions by the plaintiff to the master’s report, confirming the report, and dismissing the bill.
We shall not discuss in detail the plaintiff’s voluminous exceptions to the master’s report.…
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