Hooton v. G. F. Redmond & Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for $721.75 and interest, alleged to be the value of ¡money and securities delivered by the plaintiff’s intestate to the defendant, a corporation which advertised itself as engaged in the business of purchasing and selling securities, for the purpose of buying and selling securities for his account, the plaintiff alleging that, in the course of her intestate’s dealings with the defendant, numerous purchases and sales were "reported by the defendant to have been made…
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Contract for $721.75 and interest, alleged to be the value of ¡money and securities delivered by the plaintiff’s intestate to the defendant, a corporation which advertised itself as engaged in the business of purchasing and selling securities, for the purpose of buying and selling securities for his account, the plaintiff alleging that, in the course of her intestate’s dealings with the defendant, numerous purchases and sales were "reported by the defendant to have been made on the plaintiff’s intestate’s account and numerous statements were sent by the defendant to the plaintiff’s intestate…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This appeal presents a question of practice respecting answers to interrogatories. The plaintiff filed interrogatories under St. 1913, c. 815, section 3 whereof provides that ■ “If, within ten days after such notice [[of the filing thereof] . . . the party interrogated does not answer the interrogatories, the court shall, upon motion, order the party interrogated to answer *512such of the interrogatories as it finds proper.” The defendant did not answer at all within the ten days, whereupon the court ordered the interrogatories answered within twenty days. There was no compliance with the order…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Noyes v. NoyesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Day v. MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Hutchins v. NickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- West v. PlattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- Nickerson v. GlinesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Felton v. FeltonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
- Cheney v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Cohen v. Industrial Bank & Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Henry L. Sawyer Co. v. BoyajianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Treasurer & Receiver General v. Macdale Warehouse Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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