McKie v. Gregory
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, to recover the amount of a legacy assigned to the plaintiff. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Braley, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $34.50, with interest at six per cent since November 16, 1897 ; and the defendants alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover from the executors of the will of Christopher Leonard the amount of a legacy left to Thomas Leonard, the son of the testator. On December 24, 1895, the plaintiff lent to Thomas Leonard a sum of money, and received from him a promissory note by the terms of which he agreed to pay to the order of the plaintiff $100, with interest thereon, payable monthly at the rate of one and a half per cent per month, and at the same rate after maturity, until paid. The plaintiff also received from Leonard, as collateral security, an assignment of all his “ right, share and…
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- Taft v. ChurchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- Carson v. CarsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1858
- West v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
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