Marion Street Garage Co. v. Sugden
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on November 14, 1916, by the Marion Street Garage Company, a corporation established under the laws of this Commonwealth, alleging that the plaintiff had been granted a certificate giving it the right to do business as a public garage at 39 Marion Street in Brookline, and that the defendant had interfered unlawfully with its business by bringing an action against one Carpenter, the manager of the plaintiff’s garage business, in…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on November 14, 1916, by the Marion Street Garage Company, a corporation established under the laws of this Commonwealth, alleging that the plaintiff had been granted a certificate giving it the right to do business as a public garage at 39 Marion Street in Brookline, and that the defendant had interfered unlawfully with its business by bringing an action against one Carpenter, the manager of the plaintiff’s garage business, in which upward of fifty persons had been summoned as trustees, and praying for an injunction and for damages; and a Bill in…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
Without a report of the evidence these cases are before us on appeal from a final decree in favor of the defendant in the first suit and against the defendants in the second suit in accordance with a finding of facts made by the trial judge.
On the facts found by the trial judge, the Marion Street Garage . Company completely failed to prove at the hearing that it was engaged in a public garage business at 39 Marion Street, Brook-line, at the time it charged Sugden with an interference with its business in the manner and form set out in its bill and in the several amendments thereto. The…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- O'Brien v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Gordon v. BoransMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
3Cited by2 opinions
- Markey v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Mongeau v. McKayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932