Kane v. Shields
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in EQUITY, filed in the Superior Court on December 29, 1894, in behalf of the plaintiffs and of all the members of Court Abraham Lincoln, No. 6525, Ancient Order of Foresters of "America, against James B. Shields, William Wrightmeyer, Peter Camochan,' Charles Busher, William G. Ryan, and Paul H. Sheehan, and the following as officers of Court Campofontis, Ancient Order of Foresters of America, namely, A. James, William Wrightmeyer, Charles Busher, J. F. Bowler, George…
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Bill in EQUITY, filed in the Superior Court on December 29, 1894, in behalf of the plaintiffs and of all the members of Court Abraham Lincoln, No. 6525, Ancient Order of Foresters of "America, against James B. Shields, William Wrightmeyer, Peter Camochan,' Charles Busher, William G. Ryan, and Paul H. Sheehan, and the following as officers of Court Campofontis, Ancient Order of Foresters of America, namely, A. James, William Wrightmeyer, Charles Busher, J. F. Bowler, George Hunter, Peter Green, S. Verespie, J. F. O’Brien, C. O lien deck, and A.1 J. Flanagan ; and 'alleging the following facts.…
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
This case was heard by a justice of the Superior Court upon the pleadings and evidence, and a decree entered for the plaintiffs against some of the defendants, and the bill dismissed without costs as to the other defendants. The evidence was taken by a commissioner appointed by the court at the request of the defendants.
The plaintiffs’ counsel contends that the decree should be affirmed against the defendants held liable by the Superior Court, and also that it should be modified so as to include among those held liable some of the defendants as to whom the bill was ordered to be dismissed. We…
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