Carpenter v. Cushman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity filed January 26, 1869, by Ansel Carpenter and Mary Sibley against the executor of the will of Apollos Cushman.
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Bill in equity filed January 26, 1869, by Ansel Carpenter and Mary Sibley against the executor of the will of Apollos Cushman. The case, as it appeared by the bill and answer, on which it was reserved by Colt, J., for the determination of the full court, was as follows : Ansel Carpenter and Nathaniel C. Dana, on December 18, 1848, assigned to Apollos Cushman a judgment recovered by them against Dan Carpenter, and on the same day Apollos Cushman executed a written agreement, reciting the assignment and that he and Timothy G. Coffin had been and still were counsel for the assignors in suits for…
1Opinion of the CourtChapman, C. J.
Carpenter and Dana assigned to Apolles Cushman their judgment against Dan Carpenter, December 18, 1848. At the same time Cushman executed an agreement reciting the assignment, and the fact that he and Timothy G. Coffin had been and still were counsel for them, and were their creditors for fees and expenses, and promising that when a proper adjustment of their claims should be made, and certain matters brought to a close, he would release whatever balance should remain in his hands. On February 11, 1851, Carpenter and Dana executed a deed, reciting the assignment and the fact that land had…
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