Farrar v. Pillsbury
Farrar v. Pillsbury
Opinion of the Court
No exceptions were taken to the master’s report. In the absence of the evidence we must accept the facts as found by him. Whether the final decree lawfully could be entered thereon is the only question before us. E. W. Burt & Co. Inc. v. Coes & Young Co. 212 Mass. 134.
In October, 1909, the holder of the Jones mortgage on the Hancock property and the lumber mill started foreclosure proceedings. The plaintiff then informed the defendant of this mortgage, and demanded payment of the $5,000 which he had agreed to pay for the soft timber. The defendant, instead, obtained a check of $5,000 from the North American Spruce Lumber Company, a corporation which he had organized; the proceeds were used to pay the Jones mortgage, and at the defendant’s request the plaintiff conveyed the Hancock property to said North American Spruce Lumber Company on October 8, 1909. Later at the request of the defendant he gave a deed of release to said North American company of whatever interest he had in the mill, the title to which was in the Farrar Lumber
"Aside from that part of the proceeds of the notes which was used to pay off the balance of $4,500 due on the Moshier mortgage and the $5,000 which was obtained from the North American .‘Spruce Lumber Company and was used in the payment of the Jones mortgage, and the $100 a month which was paid the plaintiff for services as superintendent and for expenses, he received no money or other thing of value for his stock in the Farrar Lumber Company and the mill owned by that company or for his interest in the Hancock land and timber.”
The master made findings of other" amounts due the plaintiff; but as the latter has not appealed from the final decree, it is unnecessary to refer to the facts relating to these additional sums. The decree is in accordance with the express finding of the master that the “defendant agreed to pay the plaintiff and the plaintiff agreed to take $5,000 for the soft timber on the Hancock tract; that the defendant has never paid this sum to the plaintiff and the defendant owes the plaintiff the sum of $5,000 with interest thereon from October 5, 1910.”
The entry must be
Decree affirmed with costs.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Leonard A. Farrar v. Rosecrans W. Pillsbury
- Status
- Published