Legal Opinion
Plumer v. Houghton & Dutton Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 30, 1931PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
1. This is an appeal by a creditor of the defendant from a decree entered on August 28, 1931, whereby the receivers of the defendant were authorized and directed to sell its entire business and assets to named purchasers upon specified terms. The business and assets consisted of a large and long established department store conducted at the corners of Tremont, Beacon and Somerset streets in Boston. Upon petition of the plaintiffs as creditors of the defendant, receivers were appointed in December, 1930, to take possession of all the property and business of the defendant and to conduct its…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Davis v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Harkin v. BrundageSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Eaton v. EatonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- William Filene's Sons Co. v. WeedSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Duffy v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
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3Cited by50 opinions
- City of Boston v. DolanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Vincent v. PleckerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Graustein v. DolanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Maddocks v. RickerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- New England Theatres, Inc. v. Olympia Theatres, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
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