Legal Opinion
E. S. Parks Shellac Co. v. Jones
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 26, 1928PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is a suit by a creditor to enforce the statutory liability of a director and president of a domestic corporation. The bill was filed in July, 1919. Suggestion that the defendant had died on February 5, 1926, while the suit was pending, was filed on April 1, 1927. The executors of the will of the defendant did not voluntarily appear. Summons to them to come in and defend the suit issued on June 9, 1927. The executors appeared specially on July 7, 1927. On the same day they filed a paper entitled “Objection to the Jurisdiction of the Court and Motion of the Executors to Dismiss.” Therein…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Hanscom v. Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Frati v. JanniniMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Mulvey v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Eastman Marble Co. v. Vermont Marble Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Fullerton-Krueger Lumber Co. v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by55 opinions
- Universal Adjustment Corp. v. Midland Bank, Ltd., of LondonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Charles I. Hosmer, Inc. v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Commonwealth v. GeaganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Brown v. Little, Brown & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Reilly v. Selectmen of BlackstoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
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