Bennett v. Worcester County National Bank

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• rejecting argument limiting mortgage to principal amount given “obvious purpose” of a clause authorizing bank to charge money to complete a building
• rejecting second mortgagee’s priority claim to amount above principal sum because “language of the mortgage makes clear” that mortgage secured repayment not only of $155,000 note but also completion of building
• statute concerns loans to mortgagor which might otherwise not be secured by terms of the mortgage
• statute concerns loans to mortgagor which might otherwise not be secured by terms of the mortgage

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).