Maxwell Shapiro Woolen Co. Inc. v. Amerotron Corp.

This is an action, originally in contract or tort but amended into an action of tort for deceit, by a Massachusetts corporation (hereinafter called Shapiro), against a New York corporation (hereinafter called Amerotron), alleged in the writ to have a place of business in Boston. Upon the declaration, the substitute answer, and the replication to the substitute answer, the trial judge allowed a motion by Amerotron for judgment for it on the pleadings. See G. L. c. 235, § 1; Adiletto v. Brockton Cut Sole Corp. 322 Mass. 110, 112; Willett v. Webster, 337 Mass. 98, 104-105. Shapiro’s bill of…