REYNOLDS v. OWEN


328 Mass. 451 (1952)

104 N.E.2d 146

HARRIS A. REYNOLDS, trustee, vs. HADDON S. OWEN (and a companion case between the same parties).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

February 29, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.M. Graham, for the defendant.

H.A. Reynolds, for the plaintiff.

Present: QUA, C.J., RONAN, WILKINS, SPALDING, & WILLIAMS, JJ.


RONAN, J.

These are two actions of contract to recover the amounts due and payable in accordance with the terms of an agreement executed by the defendant, his wife, and one attorney acting as trustee for the husband and another acting in a similar capacity for the wife. The only defence relied upon is that the agreement is void as against public policy. The judge, subject to the defendant's exception, refused to rule that it was contrary to public policy and found...

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