Legal Opinion
Cohn v. City of Taunton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 23, 1939PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
This action by innocent purchasers for value without notice is now prosecuted to recover the face amount of overdue coupons on certain bonds of the defendant city payable to bearer which have been stolen from the vault of the city treasurer.
The facts need not be stated in detail, as in all essential respects they are in substance the" same as those set forth in Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland v. Taunton, ante, 176, except that after these bearer bonds had been “delivered to the city treasurer as agent” in order to have them registered he had completed the issue of fully registered bonds of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Brown v. City of NewburyportMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Agawam National Bank v. Inhabitants of South HadleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Citizens' Savings Bank v. Town of GreenburghNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Massachusetts National Bank v. SnowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- District of Columbia v. CornellSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York v. Third National Bank of Hampden CountyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- City of Erlanger v. BerkemeyerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1953
- Elbar Realty, Inc. v. City Bank & Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- National Surety Corp. v. ListMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Hunter v. MurphyMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1944