Massachusetts Biographical Society v. Russell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract by the Massachusetts Biographical Society, a corporation, originally against Mary F. Russell of Milton, who died on April 2, 1916, and afterwards against the defendants as the executors of her will, upon a contract in writing, which is printed in full in the opinion.
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Contract by the Massachusetts Biographical Society, a corporation, originally against Mary F. Russell of Milton, who died on April 2, 1916, and afterwards against the defendants as the executors of her will, upon a contract in writing, which is printed in full in the opinion. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated February 12, 1915. The answer contained a general denial and a specific denial of the signature upon the alleged contract, requiring “proof of the same at the trial.” The nature of the evidence at the trial in the Municipal Court is described in the opinion. James,…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The agreement on which this action is based is as follows:
“Biographical History of Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Edition United States Biographical Series
I hereby authorize you to execute for me a full-page Photo-Steel Engraved Plate and to insert prints therefrom in the Biographical and Historical work ‘Biographical History of Massachusetts,’ the plate reverting to me as my property.
The work is to be hand-bound in elegant crushed morocco, artistically decorated, gold top and special design.
The text of ‘Biographical History of Massachusetts’ is to be printed on specially high-grade paper.
The…
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