E. C. Bowman & Son Co. v. Hern
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on March 30, 1920, against C. Nathalie Hern, John J. Hern, Clarence H. Dearmond and Albion L. Millan, containing allegations in substance that the defendant John J. Hern purchased “ with money belonging to the plaintiff ” two parcels of land, specifically described in the bill, taking title originally in the name of the defendants Dearmond and C. Nathalie Hern and that Dearmond conveyed his title to C. Nathalie Hern; that “ On or…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on March 30, 1920, against C. Nathalie Hern, John J. Hern, Clarence H. Dearmond and Albion L. Millan, containing allegations in substance that the defendant John J. Hern purchased “ with money belonging to the plaintiff ” two parcels of land, specifically described in the bill, taking title originally in the name of the defendants Dearmond and C. Nathalie Hern and that Dearmond conveyed his title to C. Nathalie Hern; that “ On or about June 29, 1915, this plaintiff brought a bill in equity against said John J. Hern and others to recover the amount…
1Opinion of the CourtJenney, J.
The plaintiff seeks to impose what is in its ultimate analysis a trust upon two parcels of land in Woburn which are the second and third parcels described in the bill. It bases its claim upon the finding of the master that the defendant John J. Hern received about $20,000 belonging to it for the purpose of use for its benefit, and upon the further finding that said Hern wrongfully used a part of the money in the purchase of this land, causing title to be taken in the name] of his wife, the defendant C. Nathalie Hern, who paid nothing for it. On these facts the plaintiff was entitled in equity…
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