Putnam v. Bolster
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on July 3, 1912, by the trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of Aaron Mendelsohn of Boston, against Stanley M. Bolster, as trustee, and Anna M. Potter, who, except where otherwise stated, is referred to in the opinion as the defendant.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on July 3, 1912, by the trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of Aaron Mendelsohn of Boston, against Stanley M. Bolster, as trustee, and Anna M. Potter, who, except where otherwise stated, is referred to in the opinion as the defendant. The bill alleged that on June 16, 1911, Mendelsohn entered into a contract in writing with the defendant Anna M. Potter; that by the terms of such agreement Potter agreed to sell to Men-' delsohn for the sum of $20,000 the liquor and innholder’s licenses which theretofore had been issued by the licensing board…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The single justice found that, unless the bankrupt, to whose rights the plaintiff has succeeded, cotild obtain a transfer of the liquor license and of the innholder’s license from the defendant Potter, the remaining personal property enumerated in the contract of sale would be of no value to him. It was upon this mutual understanding, as he further finds, that the contract was entered into under which the partial payments of the price were made. The correlative finding, that the licenses “were the principal things contracted for,” makes their obtainment the main object or the essence of the…
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