Legal Opinion
Crowley v. Holdsworth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 29, 1928PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSanderson, J.
The plaintiffs are seeking rescission and cancellation of a deed, mortgage and note and an order for repayment to them of the purchase price of certain real estate in Hull, with a further prayer that the court make such orders as may be necessary to place the parties in statu quo.
The alleged grounds of relief are mutual mistake and failure *306to keep an agreement to grant a right of way and to give a bond. The defendants contend that the plaintiffs’ proper remedy is reformation, and they offer conveyances of the property to which, according to the master’s findings, the plaintiffs are entitled.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Dzuris v. PierceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Page v. HigginsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Rackemann v. Riverbank Improvement Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- J. P. Eustis Manufacturing Co. v. Saco Brick Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Jeselsohn v. Park Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Kerwin v. DonaghyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Franz v. FranzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Tupper v. HancockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Radovsky v. WexlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Ritson v. Atlas Assurance Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
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