Bay State Dredging & Contracting Co. v. W. H. Ellis & Son Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on March 15, 1917, and later amended by a creditor of W. H. Ellis and Son Company in behalf of itself and all other creditors who might be permitted to join as parties plaintiff under R. L. c. 6, § 77, to recover for labor performed or furnished and for materials used in the construction of a pier and steel shed in the city of New Bedford under a contract between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts acting by the Board of Harbor and…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on March 15, 1917, and later amended by a creditor of W. H. Ellis and Son Company in behalf of itself and all other creditors who might be permitted to join as parties plaintiff under R. L. c. 6, § 77, to recover for labor performed or furnished and for materials used in the construction of a pier and steel shed in the city of New Bedford under a contract between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts acting by the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners and W. H. Ellis and Son Company. Petitions to intervene were filed by Charles S. Ashley and Sons…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
This is a bill in equity brought by the plaintiff in behalf of itself and of all other creditors of the defendant W. H. Ellis and Son Company who may be permitted to join as parties plaintiff against W. H. Ellis and Son Company, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the National Surety Company, under R. L. c. 6, § 77, to recover for labor performed or furnished and for materials used in the construction or repair of a pier and steel shed in the city of New Bedford under a contract dated January 5, 1915, between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting by its Board of Harbor and Land…
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