Legal Opinion
Snow v. Alley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 21, 1887PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
This is an action of tort in the nature of trover for the conversion of one hundred and fifty Postal Telegraph bonds, of the par value of $1000 each. The plaintiff seeks to maintain the action on the ground that the bonds were obtained from him by fraud. The facts as they appear by the defendant’s bill of exceptions are as follows :
In the summer of 1881, the plaintiff, with certain persons named Roberts and Cummings, and others, organized in New York a corporation called the Postal Telegraph Company. The original capital was $80,000. At the time of the organization of the company, the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Nash v. Minnesota Title Insurance & Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
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