Coffing v. Dodge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, with counts in tort. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Maynard, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; and each party alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion. The cases were argued at the bar in September, 1896, and afterwards were submitted on briefs to all the judges.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
The action was begun on April 22, 1895, by a writ in contract. The original declaration had five counts, the first of which was in contract for breach of the defendant’s undertaking to safely invest for the plaintiff money which he promised to invest safely for her as her agent. The third was for fraudulent representations, whereby the plaintiff was induced to allow the defendant to invest the plaintiff’s money in certain mortgages which turned out not to be good. The fourth count was for negligence in investing the plaintiff’s -money in worthless notes or bonds, and the fifth was to enforce…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Connihan v. ThompsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Nash v. Minnesota Title Insurance & Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- Post & Co. v. Toledo, Cincinnati, & St. Louis RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- New Haven Horse Nail Co. v. Linden Spring Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- Whiteside v. BrawleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- McNulty v. WhitneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
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