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Gilman v. Raymond

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 20, 1920PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Contract upon an assignment of wages to secure the payment of a debt of $95 incurred in the purchase of merchandise. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated April 21,1919. The assignment, excepting the in testimonium clause, was as follows: ^ “Know all men by these presents.

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Contract upon an assignment of wages to secure the payment of a debt of $95 incurred in the purchase of merchandise. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated April 21,1919. The assignment, excepting the in testimonium clause, was as follows: ^ “Know all men by these presents. “That I, Herman Tobias, of Boston in the County of Suffolk, for a valuable consideration paid to me by Arthur L. Gilman of Boston, Massachusetts, the receipt of which I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby assign and transfer to said Arthur L. Gilman all claims and demands, not exempt by law (which I now have,…

1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.

One Herman Tobias assigned to the plaintiff the wages that should become due tó him during two years from January 7, 1918, from his then employer or from any person whose employ he should enter during that period. The assignment was in the standard form prescribed in the labor law, St. 1909, c. 514, § 124, as amended by. St. 1916, c. 208, § 2. At the time of its execution Tobias was employed by George H. Staples, but was discharged by him on February 23, 1918. Since March 18, 1918, to and including the date of the writ, he has been in the employ of the defendant Raymond. At the trial in the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Mandeville v. WelchSupreme Court of the United States · 1820
  2. Citizens Loan Ass'n v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
  3. James v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
  4. Security Bank of New York v. CallahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
  5. Eagan v. LubyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Claycraft Co. v. John Bowen Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
  2. Robinson Explosives, Inc. v. Dalon Contracting Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
  3. Diamond Textile Machine Works, Inc. v. International Batting Mills, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1925

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