Ross v. Burrage
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on May 28, 1913, by a mining engineer against a promoter of mining companies to compel the defendant to assign to the plaintiff certain mining shares as described in the opinion. On June 27, 1913, the case was referred to a master “to hear the parties and their evidence, to find the facts and report the same to the court.”
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on May 28, 1913, by a mining engineer against a promoter of mining companies to compel the defendant to assign to the plaintiff certain mining shares as described in the opinion. On June 27, 1913, the case was referred to a master “to hear the parties and their evidence, to find the facts and report the same to the court.” The master’s report and supplemental report were filed on June 13 and September 23, 1918. The findings of the master material to the decision are stated in the opinion. The case came on to be heard before Crosby, J., and…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
This is a bill in equity brought by the plaintiff to compel the defendant to assign to him two hundred and fifty shares in the capital stock of the Chile Exploration Company, being five per cent of the common shares in the capital stock of that company received by the defendant for certain atacamite lands at Chuquicamata, Chile, in accordance with the provisions of the concluding paragraph of the following letter: “London, *441England, Sept. 14,1910. Louis Ross, Esq., Dear Mr. Ross: — It is understood and agreed by and between us that from the day you last left Boston you are to receive a salary…
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