Dunne v. Cunningham
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on April 11, 1916, wherein the plaintiffs alleged that the defendant Cunningham, in bad faith, while acting as attorney for the plaintiffs, had purchased certain real estate in Malden, a beneficial interest in which was owned by the plaintiffs as tenants by the entirety, and that the title thus acquired had come through mesne conveyances to the defendant Emily L. Tracy.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on April 11, 1916, wherein the plaintiffs alleged that the defendant Cunningham, in bad faith, while acting as attorney for the plaintiffs, had purchased certain real estate in Malden, a beneficial interest in which was owned by the plaintiffs as tenants by the entirety, and that the title thus acquired had come through mesne conveyances to the defendant Emily L. Tracy. The prayers of the bill were that a reconveyance of the property to the plaintiffs be ordered, and for an accounting. By an order of the District Court of the United States for the…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a suit in equity brought originally by Michael and Mary Dunne, husband and wife, and filed April 11, 1916. The defendant Cunningham is an attorney at law. The purpose of the suit is to secure a reconveyance of real estate conveyed to Cunningham under a foreclosure of a mortgage, the record title now being held by the defendant Tracy, on the ground that it was obtained by Cunningham through a breach of the trust reposed in him as their attorney by the plaintiffs. For convenience Cunningham will hereafter be referred to as the defendant.
*334Michael Dunne was adjudicated a bankrupt in June,…
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