Legal Opinion
North Anson Lumber Co. v. Smith
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 21, 1911PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, J.
This, is an action to recover one half the principal and interest of eight promissory notes made by the defendant’s intestate jointly with James E. Freeman and Charles T. Leavitt and payable to the order of Emery Porter and Company. At or after maturity they were indorsed in blank without recourse and delivered to the plaintiff. •
The circumstances of the transactipn appear not to have been much in dispute, and might have been found to be these: Emery Porter and Company owned a saw mill in North Anson, Maine, in 1905, and substantially all the capital stock of the North Anson Water Power and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Nims v. Mount Hermon Boys' SchoolMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Beacon Trust Co. v. SoutherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Abbott v. HapgoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Produce Exchange Trust Co. v. BieberbachMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Penn Match Co. v. HapgoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Calkins v. Wire Hardware Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Povey v. Colonial Beacon Oil Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Shaw v. HardingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Larson v. Jeffrey-Nichols Motor Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Colpitts v. L. C. Fisher Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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