Legal Opinion
William J. McCarthy Co. v. Rendle
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 10, 1916PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
This bill in equity is brought under R. L. c. 159, § 3, cl. 7, to reach and apply a sum of money, alleged to be *406due to the defendants from the Commonwealth, in payment of a debt which the defendants owe to the plaintiff. The fundamental trouble is that the Commonwealth, in whose possession the property is alleged to be, and which is interested in the issues of its indebtedness to the defendants and the assignability thereof by the defendants, is not made a party. The fact that it cannot be made a party and impleaded in its own courts except by its consent, clearly manifested by act of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Nash v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- Hoshor-Platt Co. v. MillerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Troy & Greenfield Railroad v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Brown v. Floersheim Mercantile Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Bushnell v. AveryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Massachusetts Electric Co. v. Athol One, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Blumenthal v. BlumenthalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Westfield Savings Bank v. LeaheyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Morris Cohen, D/B/A Piehler Furs v. Arthur T. Wasserman, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1956
- MacQuarrie v. BalchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
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