Legal Opinion

Godfrey Coal Co. v. Gray

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided December 29, 1936PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

No argument nor brief for the plaintiff.

Field, J.

This action of contract was begun in a district court by trustee process. The town of Milton was summoned as trustee by writ served on May 31, 1935. It answered no funds, but in answer to interrogatories propounded by the plaintiff admitted that at the time of the service of the writ it was indebted to the defendant in the sum of $224.50. The plaintiff moved that 'the town be charged as trustee “upon its answer to interrogatories and upon evidence before the court”" in that amount. The defendant was permitted to appear as a claimant. See *324Webster…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Payne v. BaehrCalifornia Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Wilde v. MahaneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
  3. Daly v. Mayor of MedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
  4. Krogman v. Rice Bros.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
  5. Hladick v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. City of Lowell v. Massachusetts Bonding & InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  2. Kilroy v. O'ConnorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
  3. Weiner v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
  4. Jordan v. LavinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
  5. City of Springfield v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965

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