Legal Opinion
Webb v. Lothrop
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 17, 1916PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCabboll, J.
This is a bill in equity to prevent the foreclosure of a mortgage given by the plaintiff to the defendant Barry. The plaintiff’s husband was indebted to Barry and had sold to him two notes secured by mortgages of personal property, knowing that the makers were not the owners of the property described therein. At the hearing in the Superior Court the evidence was taken by a commissioner. The judge * found that the plaintiff executed the note and mortgage described in the bill and was coerced to do so through fear of her husband’s arrest, her state of mind being the result of Barry’s conduct.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Morse v. WoodworthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Snow v. AlleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Drohan v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- Bryant v. Peck & Whipple Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Cook v. Enterprise Transportation Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Loomis v. PeaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Rosenbloom v. KaplanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
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