Byam v. Bickford
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort. The declaration contained two counts. The first was in the nature of trover for the conversion of certain boards and building material. The second was in the nature of trespass. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the plaintiffs, to this court, on appeal, upon agreed facts, the material parts of which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
The plaintiffs and the defendant are members of a voluntary unincorporated association known as the South Chelmsford Hall Association,' acting under certain articles and by-laws, for the purpose of erecting a hall. A deed was made, on January 5, 1878, of a parcel of land adapted to the purpose by two members of the association, John Scoboria and Arthur Scoboria, which purported to be to the “ South Chelmsford Hall Associates,” by which it is agreed that the South Chelmsford Hall Association was meant. It is probable that, in making the deed, it was supposed that, although unincorporated, this…
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