Wentworth v. S. A. Woods Machine Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on May 18,1893, by James H. Wentworth and Irving W. Ireland, copartners under the name of James H. Wentworth and Company, and Frank F. Marcy, against the S. A. Woods Machine Company, a corporation, and Albert L. Harwood, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Alfred Fitzpatrick, deceased, to restrain the defendant corporation from taking, by writ of replevin or otherwise, certain machines under alleged leases, and to compel…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on May 18,1893, by James H. Wentworth and Irving W. Ireland, copartners under the name of James H. Wentworth and Company, and Frank F. Marcy, against the S. A. Woods Machine Company, a corporation, and Albert L. Harwood, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Alfred Fitzpatrick, deceased, to restrain the defendant corporation from taking, by writ of replevin or otherwise, certain machines under alleged leases, and to compel the defendant Harwood, as administrator, to pay to the defendant corporation all sums found to be due it under such…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of a justice of the Superior Court sitting in equity. The evidence is reported, and the report contains no statement of rulings made or facts found. If the evidence warranted a finding of facts on which the decree could properly be made, the decree must be affirmed. So far as the decision depends on findings of fact it will be sustained, unless the findings are clearly erroneous. Francis v. Daley, 150 Mass. 381. Sheffield v. Parker, 158 Mass. 330. Debinson v. Emmons, 158 Mass. 592. Biggerstaff v. Marston, 161 Mass. 101.
The contracts under which the machines…
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