Agoos v. Cosmopolitan Trust Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Suffolk on September 21, 1921, by the executors of the will of Lassar Agoos, late of Boston, for the appointment of commissioners for the examination of claims against the estate, represented by the petitioners to be insolvent. Cosmopolitan Trust Company, named in the representations as a creditor whose claim was disputed, appeared “in opposition to the issuing of a warrant or the appointment of commissioners.”
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Petition, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Suffolk on September 21, 1921, by the executors of the will of Lassar Agoos, late of Boston, for the appointment of commissioners for the examination of claims against the estate, represented by the petitioners to be insolvent. Cosmopolitan Trust Company, named in the representations as a creditor whose claim was disputed, appeared “in opposition to the issuing of a warrant or the appointment of commissioners.” The petition was heard by Grant, J. Material facts found by him are described in the opinion. He reported the matter to this…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is a representation of insolvency presented to the Probate Court by the executors of the will of one Lassor Agoos, who died on February 23, 1921. The executors were appointed on March 24, 1921. The ease was presented to the Probate Court, but before any finding or order for the appointment of commissioners was made, there was objection by the Cosmopolitan Trust Company, one of the creditors, on the ground that it desired to join the said executors as defendants in a suit in equity against thirteen directors of the trust company, to hold them liable for a large sum alleged in that suit to…
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