Fitzgerald v. Guaranty Security Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on February 16, 1920, seeking, among other relief, to have the contract with the defendant, described below, cancelled and $300, which had been paid by the plaintiff to the defendant under its provisions, returned to him.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on February 16, 1920, seeking, among other relief, to have the contract with the defendant, described below, cancelled and $300, which had been paid by the plaintiff to the defendant under its provisions, returned to him. The contract was as follows: “ Subscription Agreement No. 1179 . Guaranty Security Corporation “ Agreement by and between the Guaranty Security Corporation, incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts, having its home office in Boston, Mass., and Mr. John Fitzgerald of Boston, Mass, hereinafter called the ‘ Subscriber.’ “…
1Opinion of the CourtJenney, J.
The Guaranty Security Corporation was organized on December 18, 1918, under the business corporation law of this Commonwealth with purposes of a broad nature which included a “ general brokerage and financial business, transaction or operar tian commonly carried on or undertaken by capitalists, promoters, financiers, contractors, merchants, commission men and agents ” and with the power to do almost everything which the ingenuity of the draftsman could conceive for the purpose of carrying out the stated purposes; “To form, promote, and assist financially or otherwise, corporations,…
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