Fitchburg Savings Bank v. Torrey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract against George A. Torrey and William O. Brown, on a promissory note for $20,000, dated January 1, 1869, signed by Torrey as principal and by Brown and H. A. Blood as sureties, jointly and severally, and payable on demand to the plaintiff. Torrey was defaulted, and Brown alone defended.
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Contract against George A. Torrey and William O. Brown, on a promissory note for $20,000, dated January 1, 1869, signed by Torrey as principal and by Brown and H. A. Blood as sureties, jointly and severally, and payable on demand to the plaintiff. Torrey was defaulted, and Brown alone defended. Trial in the Superior Court, before Blodgett, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows: It appeared that the loan, in consideration of which this note was given, was made by the plaintiff to Torrey on May 19, 1869, the note being dated back to January 1, 1869. The evidence tended…
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
The transfer of shares of stock in railroad companies incorporated by this Commonwealth is regulated by statute. *242The Gen. Sts. c. 63, § 11, in force when these transfers were made, provide that the shares “ may be transferred by a conveyance in writing, recorded either by the treasurer in books to be kept in his office or by an officer duly authorized by the directors in books to be kept at such other place as they may appoint. When recorded in such other place, they shall within ten days thereafter be also recorded in the books kept by the treasurer; and no conveyance of shares shall be…
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- Cushman v. Thayer Manufacturing Jewelry Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Guild v. ButlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Dickinson v. Central National BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
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- Monotype Composition Co. v. KiernanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
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- Andrews v. Worcester, Nashua, & Rochester RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- North Avenue Savings Bank v. HayesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
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