Legal Opinion
McNulty v. Whitney
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 16, 1930PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSanderson, J.
This is an action of contract or tort in two counts, the first alleging breach of fiduciary duty by the defendants as brokers in buying shares of stock which the plaintiff had instructed them to sell, and in consequence whereof he rescinded the purchase by the defendants; the second, so far as now material, alleging, in substance, that the plaintiff was induced to instruct the defendants to buy for him stock of the Nonquitt Spinning Company by misrepresentation as to the dividend it was paying, and that thereupon the defendants, without the plaintiff’s consent and in violation of their duty…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Hall v. PaineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Ginn v. AlmyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- United Zinc Companies v. HarwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Corbett v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Morse v. HutchinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Bates v. SouthgateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Commonwealth v. HullMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Powers, Inc. v. Wayside, Inc. of FalmouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Bruns v. Jordan Marsh Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Elias Brothers Restaurants, Inc. v. Acorn Enterprises, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1993
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