Wright v. Graustein
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract by William H. Wright of Westminster in the county of Windham in the State of Vermont against Ida S. Graustein of Cambridge, the Charlestown Trust Company, a corporation established under the laws of this Commonwealth and having a usual place of business in Boston, and the Westminster National Bank, a corporation established under the laws of the United States and having a usual place of business at Gardner in the county of Worcester, being summoned as trustees.
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Contract by William H. Wright of Westminster in the county of Windham in the State of Vermont against Ida S. Graustein of Cambridge, the Charlestown Trust Company, a corporation established under the laws of this Commonwealth and having a usual place of business in Boston, and the Westminster National Bank, a corporation established under the laws of the United States and having a usual place of business at Gardner in the county of Worcester, being summoned as trustees. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated October 5, 1916. The defendant filed the following answer in…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is an action of contract commenced by trustee process in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston. Neither the plaintiff nor the principal defendant are alleged in the writ to reside within the jurisdiction of that court, but the Charlestown Trust Company, one of the corporations named as trustee, is alleged to have its usual place of business within the jurisdiction of that court. The principal defendant filed an answer in abatement, averring in substance that she has no money on deposit with the Charlestown Trust Company and has never had any business transactions with it, and calling…
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