Camden Land Co. v. Lewis
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
In equity. On appeal by plaintiff corporation. Three suits in equity and heard together on appeal. The first above named suit is based on the allegation that while the legal title to a certain tract of land in Camden known as the Sagamore farm is in the defendants, the land was purchased for the plaintiff by its president, Wtn.
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In equity. On appeal by plaintiff corporation. Three suits in equity and heard together on appeal. The first above named suit is based on the allegation that while the legal title to a certain tract of land in Camden known as the Sagamore farm is in the defendants, the land was purchased for the plaintiff by its president, Wtn. D. Lewis, and was paid for with funds of the plaintiff corporation, or with proceeds of stock of the plaintiff corporation unlawfully issued and sold and not properly accounted for. The prayer is for an adjudication that the defendants hold the legal title as trustee…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, J.
The first bill, dated Nov. 8, 1902, alleges in substance that on February 26, 1901, one William D. Lewis, president of the plaintiff corporation, acting for and in behalf of the plaintiff, contracted for the purchase of a parcel of real estate in Camden, known as the “Sagamore Farm,” and took a written agreement from the owner to convey the same to Walter E. Lewis “trustee,” the defendant, who was the son of William D. Lewis, upon payment of the consideration, that afterwards William D. Lewis paid towards the consideration large sums of the plaintiff’s money, or the proceeds of plaintiff’s…
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