Newman v. British & North American Steamship Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract. The declaration was as follows : “ And the plaintiff says the defendants owe her, in her said capacity as administratrix, the sum of six hundred eighty-four dollars forty-seven cents for money received by the defendants go the use of the plaintiff’s intestate, and interest thereon.
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Contract. The declaration was as follows : “ And the plaintiff says the defendants owe her, in her said capacity as administratrix, the sum of six hundred eighty-four dollars forty-seven cents for money received by the defendants go the use of the plaintiff’s intestate, and interest thereon. “ And the plaintiff further says that the defendants were on the fourth day of November, 1868, the owners and managers oi a line of steamships between New York and Ireland, and were also engaged in the purchase and sale of foreign gold coin and of exchange, and the issuing of letters of credit, bills of…
1Opinion of the CourtAmes, J.
Upon this report it is impossible to say that there was literally no evidence in support of the plaintiff’s case. The transaction occurred at the defendants’ office and usual place of business. They were the owners of a line of steamships, conveying passengers, as the name indicates, between this continent and Great Britain. Part of their business was the dealing in funds to be used in England and Ireland, in the form of drafts. The plaintiff’s intestate, in company with the plaintiff, called at the defendants’ office, and found Wheeler there. They had a right to suppose that the defendants…
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