Wall v. Old Colony Trust Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed March 15, 1897, against the Old Colony Trust Company, the Boston Cordage Company, Charles H. Pearson, Charles Davis, and Edward M. Fulton, to recover damages caused by an alleged participation by the defendants in a wrongful conversion of certain stock by one Frank T. Wall, the plaintiffs copartner.
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Bill in equity, filed March 15, 1897, against the Old Colony Trust Company, the Boston Cordage Company, Charles H. Pearson, Charles Davis, and Edward M. Fulton, to recover damages caused by an alleged participation by the defendants in a wrongful conversion of certain stock by one Frank T. Wall, the plaintiffs copartner. The bill was dismissed, for want of service, as against all the defendants except the Old Colony Trust Company and Pearson, each of whom demurred to the bill. Hearing before Barker, J., who reserved the case for the consideration of the full court. The facts appear in the…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
This bill is brought by Eliza A. Wall, in her individual capacity and also as liquidating partner of the late *341firm of William Wall’s Sons, against five defendants. As to three of them the bill has been dismissed for want of service, and the remaining defendants, the Old Colony Trust Company and Charles H. Pearson, have each demurred to the bill. Among the grounds of demurrer are, first, the want of necessary parties; and, second, the want of equity. While the first ground suggests some grave difficulties in the way of maintaining the bill, yet we have not found it necessary to express any…
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