Legal Opinion

Bennett v. Earley

Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division

Decided August 5, 1940Published

1Opinion of the Court

Pettingell, J.. Action by the trustee process in which the First National Bank of Medford was summoned as trustee. By the trustee’s amended answer, filed April 11, 1940, it appears that at the time of service upon it of the *365plaintiff’s writ, October 11, 1939, it had a deposit to the defendant’s credit of $381.75, and that at the same time it held as payee an unsecured promissory note for $1000, signed by the defendants, and due February 21, 1940; that before the plaintiff’s motion to charge the trustee was filed, March 20, 1940, it applied on the note the amount standing to the credit of the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Eddy v. O'HaraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
  2. Hathaway v. RussellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1820
  3. Lannan v. WalterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
  4. Cavanaugh v. Merrimac Hat Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
  5. Sternheimer v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925

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