Legal Opinion
Alexander v. F. L. Smiths Machine Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 8, 1924PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
This is an action of tort for conversion, brought by the plaintiff as trustee in bankruptcy of one H. C. Busch, to recover the value of three machines, described in two mortgages to the defendant, dated respectively June 22, 1920, and June 22, 1921. Busch was described in each of the mortgages as of Boston in the county of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The first of the said mortgages was recorded on June 28, 1920, in the office of the city clerk of the city of Boston, and was not recorded with the clerk of the city of Chelsea, or anywhere else. The second mortgage was recorded on…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Acme Harvester Co. v. Beekman Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Everett v. JudsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Fairbanks Steam Shovel Company v. Wills, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Federal Contracting CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Jump v. SparlingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
3Cited by5 opinions
- Mason v. WyldeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Guterman v. RiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1941
- In re GreenbergDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1942
- Ninth School District v. RogersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Rosen v. GarstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946