Furber v. Dane
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Five bills in equity as described in the opinion. In the Superior Court the cases came on to be heard together before Richardson, J., who reported them for determination by this court as follows: “ The above entitled five suits came on for hearing before me for final decrees, and by consent of all the parties were heard together. An agreed statement of facts was filed, and certain oral testimony and documentary evidence were introduced.
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Five bills in equity as described in the opinion. In the Superior Court the cases came on to be heard together before Richardson, J., who reported them for determination by this court as follows: “ The above entitled five suits came on for hearing before me for final decrees, and by consent of all the parties were heard together. An agreed statement of facts was filed, and certain oral testimony and documentary evidence were introduced. All parties requesting it, I hereby reserve and report the evidence, the agreed facts hereto appended and all questions of law therein for the consideration…
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
Dane, Smith and Company, stockbrokers, hereinafter called the firm, having become insolvent, made an assignment to the defendant Dodge, and he is now engaged in turning their assets into money for the benefit of their creditors who have assented to the assignment. The several plaintiffs in these suits claim on equitable grounds that they are entitled to certain of those assets by reason of the character of their dealings with the firm. The settlement of the questions involved makes it necessary to consider the rights of each plaintiff against Dodge, as the representative of the general…
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