Powers Regulator Co. v. Taylor
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Three bills in equity, filed in the Superior Court, the first two on September 21,1912, and the third on June 3, 1913, respectively by the Powers Regulator Company, a corporation, by Clark W. Holcomb, doing business under the name and style, the New Bedford Boiler and Machine Company, and by the New England Iron Works Company, a corporation, against co-partners doing business under the name and style, L. W. Taylor and Company, the city of New Bedford and the Massachusetts…
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Three bills in equity, filed in the Superior Court, the first two on September 21,1912, and the third on June 3, 1913, respectively by the Powers Regulator Company, a corporation, by Clark W. Holcomb, doing business under the name and style, the New Bedford Boiler and Machine Company, and by the New England Iron Works Company, a corporation, against co-partners doing business under the name and style, L. W. Taylor and Company, the city of New Bedford and the Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company to reach and apply, in satisfaction of claims of the plaintiffs for work done and materials…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The exceptions to the master’s report having been overruled and the report confirmed by the interlocutory decree entered with the consent of the parties, the rights of the plaintiffs and interveners were left for determination on the pleadings and the findings of the master. While there were seven claimants who either brought suit_ or were joined as interveners, the final decree dismissed the bills as to the bonding company, the contractor, and five of the claimants, and the case is before us only on the appeal of four of the defeated claimants, and the trustees in bankruptcy of the…
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