Frost v. Thompson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on April 6, 1912, and afterwards amended, against Walter S. Thompson, Daniel N. Norton, Frank Boyden, George L. Dunning, Frank E. Morris, William Carleton, alleged in the bill and admitted in the answer to be trustees under a declaration of trust for a voluntary association called the Buena Vista Fruit Company, and (by amendment) against Horace W. Taylor, Herbert W. Hersey and George B. Graves, “and all other shareholders or…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on April 6, 1912, and afterwards amended, against Walter S. Thompson, Daniel N. Norton, Frank Boyden, George L. Dunning, Frank E. Morris, William Carleton, alleged in the bill and admitted in the answer to be trustees under a declaration of trust for a voluntary association called the Buena Vista Fruit Company, and (by amendment) against Horace W. Taylor, Herbert W. Hersey and George B. Graves, “and all other shareholders or beneficiaries” under that declaration of trust, who were alleged to be too numerous to name in the bill, the three last named…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a suit in equity wherein the plaintiff seeks to recover from the defendants the balance due on a promissory note signed, “The Buena Vista Fruit Co., G. L. Dunning, Treasurer,” and to obtain further relief. The Buena Vista Fruit Company is a voluntary association of numerous individuals for a business venture. The title to its property and its management are vested in trustees. The interests of the individuals composing the association are represented by assignable certificates resembling in form shares of stock. The original defendants in this suit were six persons who were the…
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