Legal Opinion
Salter v. Leventhal
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 10, 1958PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
This is an action by a trustee in bankruptcy to recover damages from a nominal mortgagee, Sarah Mogul, and the owner of the beneficial interest in the chattel mortgage, Harold A. Leventhal, for alleged wrongful foreclosure of a mortgage of personal property of the bankrupt, Henry A. Nelson, shortly prior to the bankruptcy. Count 1 alleged that the foreclosure was illegal because there was no default and count 2 that the sale was improperly conducted.
An auditor, and thereafter the jury, found for the plaintiff. The jury verdict under each count was in the amount of $92,160. The case is here on…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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- Bergeron v. ForestMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
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