Erickson v. White

6 Citing cases

  1. McOuatt v. McOuatt

    320 Mass. 410 (Mass. 1946)   Cited 44 times
    Holding that failure of the person who signed the deed to make a declaration acknowledging that the conveyance was his “free act and deed” rendered the acknowledgment defective

    The acknowledgment of a deed making such a conveyance is as necessary to the validity of the deed as the signing and recording of it. It was said in Erickson v. White, 288 Mass. 451, 452, that "This section is complete in itself covering a new subject and conferring rights and privileges not theretofore existing. . . . The validity of a deed such as is described in G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 209, § 3, depends entirely upon the terms of that section.

  2. Agin v. Green Tree Servicing, LLC (In re Shubert)

    535 B.R. 488 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2015)   Cited 7 times

    No effect can be given to it.” 320 Mass. at 415, 69 N.E.2d 806 (citing Erickson v. White, 288 Mass. 451, 193 N.E. 25 ). McOuatt, 320 Mass. at 415, 69 N.E.2d 806.

  3. Cut Price Super Markets v. Kingpin Foods, Inc.

    256 Minn. 339 (Minn. 1959)   Cited 56 times
    Stating that material breach justifies rescission

    2-3. The defendant has cited White v. Erickson, 141 Minn. 141, 169 N.W. 535, and Bradford v. Doherty, 186 Minn. 18, 242 N.W. 339, as controlling cases in support of its contention that the construction of the agreement herein should have been submitted to the jury. Defendant does not contend, however, that the language in the contract is ambiguous.

  4. Hale v. Hale

    332 Mass. 329 (Mass. 1955)   Cited 14 times
    In Hale v. Hale, 332 Mass. 329 (1955), the court concluded that a wife could convey to her husband all right, title, and interest in property held by them as tenants by the entirety.

    "This section is complete in itself covering a new subject and conferring rights and privileges not theretofore existing." Erickson v. White, 288 Mass. 451, 452. Thus what was excluded from the application of G.L. (Ter.

  5. Edge v. Barrow

    55 N.E.2d 5 (Mass. 1944)   Cited 3 times

    Catherine S. Barrow therein released "to said grantees" all rights of dower and homestead. It is not suggested that the deed was not recorded during the lifetime of both spouses. Erickson v. White, 288 Mass. 451. Thomas H. Barrow, the elder, died intestate on April 17, 1924, leaving as heirs his wife, Catherine, and his son, the defendant.

  6. Friedman v. Andrews

    293 Mass. 566 (Mass. 1936)   Cited 4 times

    See Daggett v. Simonds, 173 Mass. 340. It is more nearly comparable with the situation considered in Erickson v. White, 288 Mass. 451. Cases in other jurisdictions are of little assistance in view of the differences in the governing statutes. Church v. McLaren, 85 Wis. 122, however, is in accord with the conclusion here reached.