Bliss v. Parks
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Three bills in equity, by the receivers against the officers and agents of the Bay State Beneficiary Association. The prayers were for discovery, for an accounting, for the payment to the receivers of" all moneys in excess of reasonable compensation and expenses, for answering for damages sustained by the corporation, and for general relief. The defendants demurred to the bills, assigning various grounds therefor stated in the opinion.
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Three bills in equity, by the receivers against the officers and agents of the Bay State Beneficiary Association. The prayers were for discovery, for an accounting, for the payment to the receivers of" all moneys in excess of reasonable compensation and expenses, for answering for damages sustained by the corporation, and for general relief. The defendants demurred to the bills, assigning various grounds therefor stated in the opinion. Hearing before Khowlton, J., who reserved the cases on the bills and demurrers for the consideration of the full court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
These are bills in equity inserted in writs of attachment sued out of this court on August 4, 1898.
The plaintiffs are receivers of the Bay State Beneficiary Association, appointed by a decree of this court entered on November 19, 1897, in proceedings brought by the Attorney General at the relation of the insurance commissioner. The power to prosecute in their own names suits to convert into cash the property and effects of the association which are in action, is given to them by the decree appointing the receivers. Wilson v. Welch, 157 Mass. 77, 80.
The association was incorporated under the…
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- Parker v. NickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
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