Needham v. Hill
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for breach of the following instrument, signed by the plaintiffs, declared on as a lease, with counts in tort for the conversion of some of the articles named therein: “ Know all men by these presents: That I, J. Needham, Jr. and J. It.
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Contract for breach of the following instrument, signed by the plaintiffs, declared on as a lease, with counts in tort for the conversion of some of the articles named therein: “ Know all men by these presents: That I, J. Needham, Jr. and J. It. Needham, 26 Greenleaf Street, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have hired and received of E. A. Hill the following described goods and chattels, viz. one undivided half of interest in the printing-office at No. 9 Change Avenue, Boston, composed of one Gordon press, medium, about seventy-three fonts of type, and…
1Opinion of the CourtSoule, J.
Under the most favorable construction for the defendant which can be given to his so-called lease to the plaintiffs, they became tenants in common with him of the “ printing-office,” or printer’s implements, consisting of the articles specially enumerated in part, and partly described in general terms in the lease. While they were such cotenants, and had fully complied with all the terms of the contract under which they held, the defendant unlawfully entered the premises of which they had the exclusive control, and effectually destroyed the usefulness of the “ printing-office,” by so…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Warner v. AbbeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Delaney v. RootMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Daniels v. DanielsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1810
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Hutcheon v. TaylorMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1942