Legal Opinion
Pierce v. O'Brien
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 8, 1905PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
This is an action of tort against the former sheriff of Suffolk County, for a conversion of the goods of the plaintiff, by reason of an attachment by one of the defendant’s deputies, of-a stock of office furniture, on October 18, 1893, on a writ in favor of the Corbin Cabinet Lock Company, a Connecticut corporation, against the Indianapolis Cabinet Company, from *59which the plaintiff purchased the goods. The defendant died during the action, and the action was defended by the executrix of his will. The case was sent to an auditor who found for the plaintiff. It was afterwards tried by a judge…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bridge v. EgglestonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1817
- Kellogg v. TompsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- Snow v. PaineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Bristol County Savings Bank v. KeavyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Carroll v. HaywardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
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3Cited by13 opinions
- O'Brien v. SheaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Cohen v. LevyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Koski v. HaskinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Reynolds v. Park Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Thomas E. Hogan, Inc. v. BermanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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