Legal Opinion
Nesson v. Gilson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 19, 1916PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
In 1899 a promissory note for $13,000, secured by a mortgage upon real estate, was given by the plaintiff Israel Nesson to Mary E.. Walker, now deceased. At a foreclosure sale of the mortgaged premises in 1904, the property was bid in on account of the mortgagee for $10,000. After the death of Mrs. Walker, the defendant Gilson, as administrator of her estate, brought an action for the balance due upon the note. Nesson’s defence in substance was that Mrs. Walker had agreed to take the property for the amount of the mortgage, that a friendly foreclosure accordingly took place and that Mrs.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. ThrockmortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Cook v. ScheffreenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Zeitlin v. ZeitlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Brooks v. TwitchellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Gilson v. NessonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Farquhar v. New England Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Hyde Park Savings Bank v. DavankoskasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Joyce v. ThompsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Connor v. City of HaverhillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Thompson v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
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