Cleveland v. Clap
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was a scire facias brought against the defendants, who had been summoned in a former action as the trustees of Hudson and Smith, and not appearing upon the original process, now came in and submitted to an examination.
1Opinion of the Court
*The materials facts and the points made in the cause [ * 202 ] will sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Court, as it was delivered by
Parsons, C. J.
The trustees have been examined on interrogatories, and from their answers we are to decide whether they have discharged themselves.
The whole transaction arises from, of is connected with, policies of insurance subscribed by the trustees and others, in a private office kept by Thomas Burley; and as the trustees have declared on oath that, on examination of Burley’s books and accounts, they believe the statement therein to be true, the facts…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- St. Loe Livermore v. Newburyport Marine InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1806
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