Bay State Gas Co. of Delaware v. Lawson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed as finally amended on January 10,1904, by the Bay State Gas Company of Delaware, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, against Thomas W. Lawson of Boston and Camille Weidenfeld of the city and State of New York, lately copartners under the firm name of Lawson, Weidenfeld and Company, and Allen Arnold and Henry H. Arnold, both of Boston, the said Lawson and the two last named defendants doing business under the firm name of…
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Bill in equity, filed as finally amended on January 10,1904, by the Bay State Gas Company of Delaware, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, against Thomas W. Lawson of Boston and Camille Weidenfeld of the city and State of New York, lately copartners under the firm name of Lawson, Weidenfeld and Company, and Allen Arnold and Henry H. Arnold, both of Boston, the said Lawson and the two last named defendants doing business under the firm name of Lawson, Arnold and Company. The bill alleged that the defendants Lawson and Weidenfeld were continuously, from August 27,…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
To this bill in equity the defendant Lawson has demurred generally and on special grounds. It is averred in the bill that the firm of Lawson, Weidenfeld and Company, of which the defendants Lawson and Weidenfeld were members, acted as brokers and fiscal agents for the plaintiff for a series of years, and in that relation received and disposed of a great deal *504of property belonging to tbe plaintiff, for which they were accountable. It is also stated that they rendered monthly accounts to the plaintiff, which purported to be statements of the true financial relations of- the parties in reference…
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