Taft v. Ward
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract by an inhabitant of Boston against David A. Ward of Concord in New Hampshire, and fifteen others, some of Massachusetts, and others respectively of Maine, New Hampshire and New York, “ all of said parties transacting business under the firm name of the New England Express Company at Boston in the county of Suffolk,” on an account annexed for work done by the plaintiff for said New England Express Company.
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Contract by an inhabitant of Boston against David A. Ward of Concord in New Hampshire, and fifteen others, some of Massachusetts, and others respectively of Maine, New Hampshire and New York, “ all of said parties transacting business under the firm name of the New England Express Company at Boston in the county of Suffolk,” on an account annexed for work done by the plaintiff for said New England Express Company. Writ dated January 25, 1869. The action was discontinued as to several of the defendants. Ward answered, denying all the plaintiff’s allegations, and alleging that the plaintiff was…
1Opinion of the CourtChapman, C. J.
This case is incumbered, by a mass of inartificial pleadings; and it has been difficult to ascertain from them *524what is the question intended to be presented to us. It is an action in favor of the plaintiff against David A. Ward and several other persons, living in this and other states, for services and expenses. The defendant Ward, among other motions and answers, makes one answer which denies the allegations in the plaintiff’s writ, and alleges that, if the services were rendered, they were rendered to the Hew England Express Company, and if the defendant is liable he is merely liable as a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Waterbury v. Merchants' Union Express Co.New York Supreme Court · 1867
- Hunnewell v. TaylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1850
3Cited by17 opinions
- Phillips v. BlatchfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Gott v. DinsmoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
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- Boston & Albany Railroad v. PearsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Fryklund v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
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