Cox v. Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on December 18, 1907, by the assignees and trustees under a common law assignment for the benefit of assenting creditors of the Crown Dyeing Company, a corporation, the plaintiffs being engaged in carrying on in part the business formerly carried on by that corporation at its factory in Medford, to enjoin the Malden and Melrose Gas Light Company from refusing or neglecting to supply the plaintiffs with a suitable supply of gas so…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on December 18, 1907, by the assignees and trustees under a common law assignment for the benefit of assenting creditors of the Crown Dyeing Company, a corporation, the plaintiffs being engaged in carrying on in part the business formerly carried on by that corporation at its factory in Medford, to enjoin the Malden and Melrose Gas Light Company from refusing or neglecting to supply the plaintiffs with a suitable supply of gas so long as they should continue to pay the regular gas rates and should comply with all other reasonable and usual…
1Opinion of the Court
Knowlton C. J.
The plaintiffs are assignees and trustees of the Crown Dyeing Company, under a voluntary assignment for the benefit of creditors. This corporation was indebted to the defendant in the sum of $210.20 for gas furnished for use in the building where it conducted its business. These plaintiffs are temporarily continuing the business for the benefit of the creditors, and they desire to use gas in the building as it has been used before. The only question in the case is whether the defendant by this proceeding can be compelled to furnish gas while the corporation and the plaintiffs…
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