Steele v. Estabrook
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on March 5,1914, by James P. Steele against Fred W. Estabrook, John W. Estabrook, Hervey W. Estabrook, the Marlborough Grain Company and the Peoples National Bank, praying for an accounting between the plaintiff and all the defendants except the defendant bank as to all the property and assets of a partnership between the plaintiff and the defendant Hervey W. Estabrook, including the land, elevator sheds, personal property, good…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on March 5,1914, by James P. Steele against Fred W. Estabrook, John W. Estabrook, Hervey W. Estabrook, the Marlborough Grain Company and the Peoples National Bank, praying for an accounting between the plaintiff and all the defendants except the defendant bank as to all the property and assets of a partnership between the plaintiff and the defendant Hervey W. Estabrook, including the land, elevator sheds, personal property, good will, horses, wagons, grain and accounts receivable and all matters and things connected with such partnership at the time…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
In Steele v. Estabrook, 232 Mass. 432, the plaintiff was directed to convey his interest in certain real estate, described in his bill of complaint, to the defendant Hervey W. Estabrook. The rescript was filed on March 6, 1919. After the *254bill had been entered and while the suit was pending, the plaintiff, James P. Steele, in July, 1916, executed and delivered to John J. Shaughnessy and'Daniel W. Steele, a mortgage of this real estate, to secure the payment of a demand note for the sum of $5,000' given them for their services already performed and to be performed as counsel in the case. There…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wenz v. PasteneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Long v. RichardsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- Steele v. EstabrookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Hughes v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
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