Legal Opinion
William H. Brine, Jr., Administrator Dbn of the Estate of Francis H. Swift v. Paine Webber, Jackson & Curtis, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 28, 1984No. 84-1114PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Associate Justice (Retired).
Francis H. Swift (Swift) died in September, 1923. His estate is still being administered. In this case we are called upon to decide whether the estate’s claim for the recovery of certain dividends alleged to have been paid to the defendant, Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, Inc. (Paine Webber), is barred by Massachusetts’ six-year statute of limitations for contract actions. Mass.Ann.Laws ch. 260, § 2 (Law. Co-op.1980). The district court held that the estate’s claim for dividends paid before October 3, 1973 is so barred, and the administrator, Brine,…
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