Boston Tow Boat Co. v. Medford National Bank
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on April 7, 1915, by the Boston Tow Boat Company, alleged to be a corporation established under the laws of this Commonwealth and having a usual place of business in Boston, against the Medford National Bank and the Medford Trust Company, corporations, praying that both defendants be ordered to pay to the plaintiff the sum of $6,000 with interest and the amount of necessary expenses by reason of certain transactions…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on April 7, 1915, by the Boston Tow Boat Company, alleged to be a corporation established under the laws of this Commonwealth and having a usual place of business in Boston, against the Medford National Bank and the Medford Trust Company, corporations, praying that both defendants be ordered to pay to the plaintiff the sum of $6,000 with interest and the amount of necessary expenses by reason of certain transactions described in the bill. The case came on to be heard before Crosby, J., who made certain findings of fact, and, being of opinion…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a suit in equity brought on April 7, 1915, to recover an obligation claimed to be due from the defendants to the plaintiff. The Boston Tow Boat Company, named as plaintiff, was a Massachusetts corporation. It was dissolved by St. 1913, c. 277. Section 2 of that statute provides for the continuance of certain suits to which the corporation was a party, but does not include the class to which the present suit belongs. It is provided by St. 1903, c. 437, § 52, subject to the terms of which the Boston Tow Boat Company was dissolved, that it shall “be continued as a body corporate for…
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