White Sewing Machine Co. v. Morrison
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on June 14, 1916, under R. L. c. 159, § 3, cl. 7, alleging a debt of $337.50 from the defendant Morrison to the plaintiff under a contract to work as an agent of the plaintiff, and also alleging that the defendant Morrison had brought an action against the defendant Bay State Street Railway Company, that an “ agreement for judgment has been made between said parties or an agreement for settlement in some form” and that the…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on June 14, 1916, under R. L. c. 159, § 3, cl. 7, alleging a debt of $337.50 from the defendant Morrison to the plaintiff under a contract to work as an agent of the plaintiff, and also alleging that the defendant Morrison had brought an action against the defendant Bay State Street Railway Company, that an “ agreement for judgment has been made between said parties or an agreement for settlement in some form” and that the defendant Bay State Street Railway Company “has recognized itself liable to said John H. Morrison, in a sum sufficiently large…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
This is a bill in equity under R. L. c. 159, § 3, cl. 7, brought to establish a debt alleged to be due from Morrison to the plaintiff and to reach and have applied in payment of said indebtedness an alleged obligation of the Bay State Street Railway Company to Morrison, arising out of an agreement to pay Morrison $850 in settlement of the claim and action of Morrison for personal injuries pending against it in the Superior Court when the bill of the plaintiff was filed on June 14, 1916.
The plaintiff properly concedes that a claim for personal injuries is not assignable and is not property…
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