Davis v. Downer
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on August 4,1908, by Henry O. Davis of Gloucester against Flora Downer, the plaintiff’s sister, Iretta Davis, the plaintiff’s mother, and Oscar S. Davis, the plaintiff’s brother and former partner, with a prayer for a decree that the two lots of land mentioned in the opinion, which were conveyed to the defendant Downer by the defendant Iretta Davis, were held by the defendant Downer for the use and benefit of the partnership…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on August 4,1908, by Henry O. Davis of Gloucester against Flora Downer, the plaintiff’s sister, Iretta Davis, the plaintiff’s mother, and Oscar S. Davis, the plaintiff’s brother and former partner, with a prayer for a decree that the two lots of land mentioned in the opinion, which were conveyed to the defendant Downer by the defendant Iretta Davis, were held by the defendant Downer for the use and benefit of the partnership consisting of the plaintiff and the defendant Oscar S. Davis, and that the defendant Downer be ordered to convey to the…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a suit in equity by which the plaintiff seeks to establish the right of a partnership, composed of himself and his brother Oscar, to the conveyance of two parcels of *575real estate. The two parcels are known respectively as the “ factory lot ” and the “ home lot.” The master’s findings of facts must be taken as final, the. evidence not being reported.
1. The title to the “ factory lot ” was taken in the name of Iretta Davis in 1897. The purchase price was $250, of which $50 was paid in cash by the partnership, and the balance by two mortgages, each for $100, executed by Iretta Davis. It…
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