Crohon & Roden Co. v. Rudnick
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract or tort. Writ dated April 26,1917. The declaration as amended was in two counts. The following allegations were identical in the two counts:. “And the plaintiff says that in 1916 the defendant was treasurer and a director of the Bay State Leather Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Massachusetts and having a usual place of business in Boston, in said Commonwealth; that during 1916 said Company had certain hides belonging to the plaintiff which they…
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Contract or tort. Writ dated April 26,1917. The declaration as amended was in two counts. The following allegations were identical in the two counts:. “And the plaintiff says that in 1916 the defendant was treasurer and a director of the Bay State Leather Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Massachusetts and having a usual place of business in Boston, in said Commonwealth; that during 1916 said Company had certain hides belonging to the plaintiff which they were to turn into leather and splits for the plaintiff; that said Company agreed that the title to said hides and to said…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The demurrer to the plaintiff’s amended declaration was sustained, and judgment entered for the defendant. On this appeal we cannot consider the bill of particulars which was filed in connection with the original declaration.
The demurrer to the first count was sustained rightly. The contract alleged is one between the plaintiff and the Bay State Leather Company, which was to sell the plaintiff’s property and turn over to him the identical proceeds. The alleged promise of the defendant, a director and treasurer of the corporation, to turn over to the plaintiff the identical checks received by…
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