Legal Opinion
Bowen v. Fairfield
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 21, 1927PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
By writ dated July 25, 1917, the plaintiff brought an action in the Superior Court against the Dor-chester Ice Company, a Massachusetts corporation. The corporation was dissolved by Spec. St. 1916, c. 112, which took effect on February 21, 1916. The existence of the corporation for purposes of prosecuting or defending suits came to an end, under St. 1903, c. 437, § 52, on February 21, 1919. This court held in Bowen v. Dorchester Ice Co. 255 Mass. 159, that the action was to be dismissed, not on the merits but because of the dissolution of the corporate ex*40istence of the defendant. Thornton v.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brooks v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Clark v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Thornton v. Marginal Freight Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Church v. Boylston & Woodbury Cafe Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Whiting v. Malden & Melrose RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Wadsworth v. Boston Gas Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Gallagher v. WheelerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Bengar v. Clark Equipment Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- Shapiro v. McCarthyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Johnson v. CarrollMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
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