Ross v. Burrage
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on May 28, 1913, by a mining engineer against a promoter of mining campa^ nies to set aside a contract between the plaintiff and the defendant, dated May 6, 1912, whereby the defendant secured an option on the plaintiff’s interest in certain copper mining properties. On June 27,1913, the case was referred to a master “to hear the parties and their evidence, to find the facts and report the same to the court.”
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on May 28, 1913, by a mining engineer against a promoter of mining campa^ nies to set aside a contract between the plaintiff and the defendant, dated May 6, 1912, whereby the defendant secured an option on the plaintiff’s interest in certain copper mining properties. On June 27,1913, the case was referred to a master “to hear the parties and their evidence, to find the facts and report the same to the court.” The master’s report and a supplemental report were filed on June 13 and September 23, 1918. The case came on to be heard before…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
The plaintiff, after rescript and before final decree, filed motions to amend his bill of complaint and to recommit the bill to the master for further findings of fact. The motions were denied, a final decree in accordance with the rescript was entered, and the plaintiff appealed to this court.
This was a suit in equity to set aside a contract between the plaintiff and defendant, whereby the defendant secured an option on the plaintiff’s interest in certain copper mining properties. The ground of relief on which the plaintiff relied was that in obtaining his interest from bim the defendant, in…
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