Reno v. Cotter
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on February 11, 1915, against James E. Cotter, James W. McDonald and William J. Lowrie for accountings by the defendant Cotter and by the defendant McDonald for sums alleged to be due from each of them to the plaintiff by reason of payments made to them for professional services rendered by them and the plaintiff in matters described in the opinion, and to reach and apply, in payment of amounts found due on such accountings,…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on February 11, 1915, against James E. Cotter, James W. McDonald and William J. Lowrie for accountings by the defendant Cotter and by the defendant McDonald for sums alleged to be due from each of them to the plaintiff by reason of payments made to them for professional services rendered by them and the plaintiff in matters described in the opinion, and to reach and apply, in payment of amounts found due on such accountings, certain alleged rights of the defendants Cotter and McDonald arising out of litigation carried on by them for the benefit of…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is a suit in equity filed in the Superior Court on February 11, 1915, in which the plaintiff alleges that certain sums of money are due to him from the defendants; demurrers severally filed by the defendants, alleging among other grounds that the bill is multifarious, were sustained; and a final decree *583was entered dismissing the bill, from which the plaintiff appealed. The case was before this court on appeal (236 Mass. 556), and it was then held that the demurrers were rightly sustained, and the decree was affirmed with costs. A rescript to that effect was filed on January^, 1921.
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