Bullard v. Moor
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, brought under the Pub. Sts. c. 136, § 26 et seq., by the executor of the will of Caroline A. Wood, against the heirs at law and next of kin of Charles Wood, to charge them on a contract made by Charles Wood, whereby he agreed to protect the plaintiff’s testatrix from a certain contract entered into by her.
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Bill in equity, brought under the Pub. Sts. c. 136, § 26 et seq., by the executor of the will of Caroline A. Wood, against the heirs at law and next of kin of Charles Wood, to charge them on a contract made by Charles Wood, whereby he agreed to protect the plaintiff’s testatrix from a certain contract entered into by her. Hearing before Allen, J., who reported the case, with the findings of the single justice in the case of Wood v. Bullard, 151 Mass. 324, for the determination of the full court, in substance as follows. In August, 1877, Caleb Wood died childless, leaving a widow, Caroline A.…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
This is a bill in equity, brought under Pub. Sts. c. 136, § 26 et seq., by the executor of the will of Caroline A. Wood against the heirs and next of kin of Charles Wood, to charge them on a contract made by Charles Wood in respect of the sum paid out in the suit of Wood v. Bullard, 151 Mass. 324, 335. There is no question that the sum which the present plaintiff was compelled to pay in that suit was a claim against which Charles Wood covenanted to protect Caroline. The main questions are whether this proceeding is open to the plaintiff, and, if it is, whether the defendants are entitled to…
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