Legal Opinion
Myers v. International Trust Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 12, 1923No. 89PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
This action was begun in the Superior Court of Massachusetts by the International Trust Company, a bank, against Samuel A. and Harry Myers, brothers and partners, for damages for deceit in that the defendants had obtained credit from the Trust Company by a false statement of their financial condition. The action resulted in a verdict for $14,304.49. The amended answer of the defendants pleaded res judicata in the cause by a decree of the United States District Court for Massachusetts in bankruptcy, and on the trial the defendants o'ffered the record therein as evidence of an estoppel by…
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