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Bone v. Holmes

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 15, 1907PublishedCited by 36 opinions

, Three actions tried together, the first and second being actions of tort and the third an action of contract. Writs in the Superior Court for the county of Suffolk dated September 12, 1905, September 11,1905, and September 11,1905, respectively.

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, Three actions tried together, the first and second being actions of tort and the third an action of contract. Writs in the Superior Court for the county of Suffolk dated September 12, 1905, September 11,1905, and September 11,1905, respectively. The declaration in the first action alleged that the defendant converted one seven hundred dollar bond or certificate of the Tyler Street Day Nursery and one one thousand dollar bond of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, the property of the plaintiff. The plaintiff in the first action was the defendant in the second, and the declaration alleged that…

1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.

We are of opinion that there was evidence which warranted the finding in each of these eases.

1. There was evidence that Mrs. Allen executed a formal assignment of the Tyler Street Day Nursery bond to Miss Bone, and delivered the bond and the assignment to her; that it was then put in Mrs. Allen’s box in a safety vault for safe keeping, marked, “ This is the property of Alice H. Bone, and is here for safe keeping ”; that Miss Bone afterwards took a box of her own, and put the bond in that for a time, until she gave up that box and put the bond back in Mrs. Allen’s box, where it remained until…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Pierce v. Boston Five Cents Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
  2. Davis v. NeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
  3. Kendrick v.RayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
  4. Scott v. Berkshire County Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
  5. Scrivens v. North Easton Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. National Shawmut Bank v. JoyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  2. Chippendale v. North Adams Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
  3. Edson v. LucasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1930
  4. Robinson v. PeroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
  5. Shepard v. ShepardMichigan Supreme Court · 1910

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