Walling v. Cushman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract by the trustee in bankruptcy of Maynard A., Floyd H. and James W. Losee, co-partners under the firm name “Bank of Trenton,” originally against Matilda M. Chesbrough and, after her death intestate on March 11, 1915, against the administrators of her estate, the declaration as amended being in six counts.
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Contract by the trustee in bankruptcy of Maynard A., Floyd H. and James W. Losee, co-partners under the firm name “Bank of Trenton,” originally against Matilda M. Chesbrough and, after her death intestate on March 11, 1915, against the administrators of her estate, the declaration as amended being in six counts. The first three counts were upon negotiable promissory notes, each of the par value of $5,000, the first dated March 25, and the second and third dated June 8, 1912, and, in other particulars, described in the opinion. The fourth and fifth counts were upon notes which were taken up by…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The three notes in suit were made by the Boston Colorado Power and Water Company, a Colorado corporation having a usual place of business in that State, and were payable to its order. They were dated at Denver, Colorado, and were madé payable at a trust company in that city. One of the indorsers was Matilda M. Chesbrough, the defendant’s intestate, who was a director of the company and wife of Fremont B. Chesbrough, its president. The notes were discounted by the Bank of Trenton, Michigan, a partnership of which the plaintiff is trustee in bankruptcy. It is agreed that at maturity the notes…
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