City of Boston v. Turner
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed by leave of court on March 21, 1907, by amendment from an action at law brought by the collector of taxes of the city of Boston against Francis M. Edwards, the assignee of the firm of A. B. Turner and Brother, which was begun by a writ dated February 15, 1906, it being determined by this court in a decision reported in 194 Mass. 77, that the action at law could not be maintained under R L. c. 13, § 33, with a suggestion in the last paragraph of the…
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Bill in equity, filed by leave of court on March 21, 1907, by amendment from an action at law brought by the collector of taxes of the city of Boston against Francis M. Edwards, the assignee of the firm of A. B. Turner and Brother, which was begun by a writ dated February 15, 1906, it being determined by this court in a decision reported in 194 Mass. 77, that the action at law could not be maintained under R L. c. 13, § 33, with a suggestion in the last paragraph of the opinion that an amendment into a bill in equity might be allowed by the Superior Court. In the Superior Court, such an…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, J.
This is a bill in equity brought by the city of Boston and its collector of taxes against Albion B. Turner and Albert B. Potter, formerly copartners, and their common law assignee, Francis M. Edwards, to recover the amount of a tax assessed upon the copartnership property for the year 1902. On March 3, 1903, the copartners executed a common law assignment for the benefit of their creditors to the defendant Edwards. This assignment recited that it was executed by the defendants, Turner and Potter, as copartners, parties of the first part, Francis M. Edwards as party of the second part, and “…
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