Cobb v. Fogg
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed March 6,1885, by Albert A. Cobb and John C. Cobb, copartners under the name of Albert A. Cobb and Company, against John S. Fogg, and James Tirrell, Alfred Tirrell, and Edward E. Poole, copartners under the name of J. and A. Tirrell and Company, alleging that J. and A. Tirrell and Company made a promissory note, dated November 27, 1878, for the sum of §2,167.54, payable in four months from date to their own order, and indorsed the same to the plaintiffs…
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Bill in equity, filed March 6,1885, by Albert A. Cobb and John C. Cobb, copartners under the name of Albert A. Cobb and Company, against John S. Fogg, and James Tirrell, Alfred Tirrell, and Edward E. Poole, copartners under the name of J. and A. Tirrell and Company, alleging that J. and A. Tirrell and Company made a promissory note, dated November 27, 1878, for the sum of §2,167.54, payable in four months from date to their own order, and indorsed the same to the plaintiffs in payment for merchandise sold by the plaintiffs to them ; that they did not pay the note at maturity, and still owed…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The only questions reserved by the report are those arising on the motion to dismiss by reason of the death of one of the defendants, and on the motion of the plaintiffs that the report be accepted and a final decree entered, and that of the defendants for a decree on the report as it stands. There were also motions by the defendants to recommit the report, on the ground that they had received copies of it only after it was filed, without opportunity to file objections under Rule 31 in equity proceedings, and that they might be allowed to amend by pleading multifariousness. The presiding…
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