Bowker v. Torrey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on April 8, 1911, and afterwards amended, by Francis E. Bowker, executor and trustee under the will of Edwin Bowker, late of Waltham, and the beneficiaries under that will, against Adelaide J. Torrey and Charles T. Gallagher, conservator of her property, seeking relief from a mistake committed in the adjustment, after the deaths of Edwin Bowker, and Charles Torrey, of the affairs of the partnership of Bowker, Torrey and…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on April 8, 1911, and afterwards amended, by Francis E. Bowker, executor and trustee under the will of Edwin Bowker, late of Waltham, and the beneficiaries under that will, against Adelaide J. Torrey and Charles T. Gallagher, conservator of her property, seeking relief from a mistake committed in the adjustment, after the deaths of Edwin Bowker, and Charles Torrey, of the affairs of the partnership of Bowker, Torrey and Company, formerly composed of Edwin Bowker, Franklin Torrey and Charles Torrey. From the allegations of the bill it…
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
According to the case made by the bill, upon the decease of Edwin Bowker in 1901, the affairs of the partnership were not wound up, but the business was continued by the surviving partners, the amount which should have been liquidated and paid to the plaintiff Francis E. Bowker being left in the control and management of the surviving partners. This was done by the consent of all parties. But upon the decease of Charles Torrey it was arranged among all the parties interested, to wit, Franklin Torrey the surviving partner, the plaintiff Francis E. Bowker as executor and trustee of the deceased…
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