Stowell v. Gram
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, for alleged breach of a contract in writing between one Holt doing business under the name of the Holt. Novelty Company and the plaintiffs, to make and deliver five hundred field of view dividers, a divider being an appliance to be placed on a camera, against Theodore 0. Gram and Henry Pletsch, assignees of the contract, alleged to have assumed its obligations.
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Contract, for alleged breach of a contract in writing between one Holt doing business under the name of the Holt. Novelty Company and the plaintiffs, to make and deliver five hundred field of view dividers, a divider being an appliance to be placed on a camera, against Theodore 0. Gram and Henry Pletsch, assignees of the contract, alleged to have assumed its obligations. Writ dated September 11, 1896. At the trial in the Superior Court before Gaslcill, J., the judge ordered a Verdict for the defendants, and, by agreement of the parties, reported the case for determination by this court. If…
1Opinion of the Court
Kkowltoe", C. J.
In the present case the presiding judge directed a verdict for the defendants, and reported to this court the question of law whether there was any evidence that would warrant a verdict for the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs made a contract for the manufacture of certain articles with one Holt, who became financially embarrassed after he had begun the work, and then arranged with these defendants that they should take a bill of sale of certain property and an assignment of this contract, and assist him in his embarrassment. The question is whether there was evidence which would…
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