Scollans v. E. H. Rollins & Sons
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two ACTIONS OP TORT, for the conversion by the defendant, a corporation, of two bonds of the city of Boston. Trial in the Superior Court, before Maynard, J., who allowed a bill of exceptians, in substance as follows.
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Two ACTIONS OP TORT, for the conversion by the defendant, a corporation, of two bonds of the city of Boston. Trial in the Superior Court, before Maynard, J., who allowed a bill of exceptians, in substance as follows. The plaintiff in opening his case to the jury stated that, in August, 1896, the bonds alleged to have been converted were delivered to him in payment of a debt by William Scollans, the original payee thereof, who at the same time signed and acknowledged before a justice of the peace instruments of assignment stamped by a rubber stamp on the reverse side of the bonds, but not…
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
The documents for the conversion of which these actions are brought are described in the bill of exceptions and in the several declarations as bonds of the city of Boston. Although upon inspection of the copy of the bonds, which are a part of the bill of exceptions, they bear upon their faces the words “ Registered Bond,” they do not appear to have been under seal. Each document certifies that there will be due from the city, payable at the office of the city treasurer on the first day of April, 1913, to William Scollans, the sum of one thousand dollars with interest at four per cent per…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Shaw v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Knox v. Eden Musee Americain Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Spooner v. HolmesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Greenfield Savings Bank v. StowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- O'Herron v. GrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Scollans v. RollinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Union Old Lowell National Bank v. PaineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Baker v. DavieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Gruntal v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Herman v. Connecticut Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
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