Neel v. Lang
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on January 23, 1919, against Howard W. Lang and Maude Brewer Lang, his wife, alleging in substance that the plaintiff had conveyed certain premises in Harwich to the defendant Maude Brewer Lang, understanding that the defendant was to pay $6,000 therefor, and that the defendant had understood that the purchase price was $3,000. The prayers of the bill were that the deed be declared void, that the defendants be required to reconvey…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on January 23, 1919, against Howard W. Lang and Maude Brewer Lang, his wife, alleging in substance that the plaintiff had conveyed certain premises in Harwich to the defendant Maude Brewer Lang, understanding that the defendant was to pay $6,000 therefor, and that the defendant had understood that the purchase price was $3,000. The prayers of the bill were that the deed be declared void, that the defendants be required to reconvey the premises to the plaintiff and for further relief. In the Superior Court, the suit was heard by Fox, J. The…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The plaintiff, a resident of New Jersey, wrote her sister, Gertrude A. Smith, at Harwich, “Tell Mrs. Brewer I would sell Sunnywood ¡[certain real estate in Harwich owned by the plaintiff]] for $6,000.00.” Mrs. Brewer is the mother of the defendant Maude B. Lang. There was evidence that Miss Smith informed Mrs. Lang of this offer, and she replied, “I will tell mother;” and that later she gave Miss Smith a check for $500 “to clinch the bargain.” A deed reciting the consideration to be one dollar and other valuable considerations, was prepared and sent to the plaintiff, and after being signed by…
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- Hecht v. BatchellerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Rowland v. the New York, New Hayen & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1891
- Wilkinson v. WilliamsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- Arnold v. TeelMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
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