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Iasigi v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 29, 1880PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Bill in equity by Oscar Iasigi, administrator with the will annexed of Auguste Hilarión Dromel, late of Marseilles in the Republic of France, against the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company and Francis E. Parker.

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Bill in equity by Oscar Iasigi, administrator with the will annexed of Auguste Hilarión Dromel, late of Marseilles in the Republic of France, against the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company and Francis E. Parker. The material facts alleged in the bill were as follows : Dromel for a considerable time next preceding his decease was engaged in business as a merchant at Marseilles, under the name and style of A. Dromel & Co., and was the sole proprietor of the business carried on under that name and style. He died on July 24, 1866, and, by his last will in writing in accordance with…

1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.

There being no report of the evidence, the only question open upon the record is whether the decree is warranted by the allegations of the bill. Stanley v. Stark, 115 Mass. 259 *49The bill is brought by the administrator with the will annexed, appointed in this Commonwealth, of Dromel, a citizen of France; sets forth in detail the trust upon which Joseph Iasigi held, and had invested in shares of the defendant corporation, a sum belonging to Dromel at the time of his death; alleges that Dromel by his will according to the laws of France bequeathed all his property to his widow and daughter, and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Stanley v. StarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. O'Hare v. DowningMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
  2. Second National Bank v. First National BankNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Portland Steamship Co. v. DanaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
  4. Soper v. ManningMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888

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