Field v. Pierce
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract on the following agreement in writing, signed on January 25,1864, by Field and Lemuel Sessions, the plaintiffs, as parties of the first part,- and by the defendant as party of the second part: “ Whereas the parties of the first part have secured certain bonds of mining rights, and for the purchase of gold mining properties now bonded or to be hereafter bonded or purchased, in the gold districts of Sherbrooke and Wine Harbor, Nova Scotia ; they hereby agree to…
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Contract on the following agreement in writing, signed on January 25,1864, by Field and Lemuel Sessions, the plaintiffs, as parties of the first part,- and by the defendant as party of the second part: “ Whereas the parties of the first part have secured certain bonds of mining rights, and for the purchase of gold mining properties now bonded or to be hereafter bonded or purchased, in the gold districts of Sherbrooke and Wine Harbor, Nova Scotia ; they hereby agree to transfer to the party of the second part said mining rights, privileges and bonds, at cost, upon the following terms and…
1Opinion of the Court
Ames, J.*
It appears from the report, that the plaintiffs have performed the labor and rendered the services which they agreed to furnish on their part, in the purchase of mining rights and other property in Nova Scotia, and have transferred them to the defendant at cost. He on his part furnished all the funds necessary to complete these preliminary purchases, and so far has fulfilled his contract. He next proceeded to draw up the articles of association necessary as the first step in the organization of a corporation under the Gen. Sts. c. 61, and the El Dorado Gold Mining Company has been…
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