Legal Opinion
Morse v. International Trust Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 20, 1927PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSanderson, J.
This case was reported by a judge of the Superior Court after overruling the demurrer of the Dorchester Trust Company to the bill and the demurrers of that company and of the plaintiffs to the cross bill.
The International Trust Company (herein called the defendant) purchased the assets and assumed the liabilities of the Dorchester Trust Company. The agreement between them provided that a stated sum, estimated to be the amount of the excess of liabilities over assets, should be a debt of the Dorchester Trust Company, immediately due and payable of the character enforceable against the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Stockbridge v. MixerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Commonwealth Trust Co. of Pittsburgh v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Commissioner of Banks v. Cosmopolitan Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Jones v. NewhallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Forbes v. ThorpeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Donahue v. KenneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
- Powers v. HeggieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Montgomery v. KaravasNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1941
- Proctor v. MacClaskeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Chamberlain v. JamesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
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