Moss v. Copelof
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract on three promissory notes, signed by the defendants as makers and payable to the plaintiff, each for $40, payable in six months and dated respectively July 21, July 28 and August 4, 1917. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated February 8, 1918. The defendants’ answer, besides other matters, alleged “that if the plaintiff offers evidence tending to show that the defendants made the notes set forth in the plaintiff’s declaration, then the defendants…
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Contract on three promissory notes, signed by the defendants as makers and payable to the plaintiff, each for $40, payable in six months and dated respectively July 21, July 28 and August 4, 1917. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated February 8, 1918. The defendants’ answer, besides other matters, alleged “that if the plaintiff offers evidence tending to show that the defendants made the notes set forth in the plaintiff’s declaration, then the defendants say that said notes were made in pursuance of an illegal agreement and that said notes are therefore null and void.” On…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
This action, brought to recover on three promissory notes made by the defendants pursuant to a written agreement between the parties, was recently before this court; and the essential facts are set forth in the opinion, 231 Mass. 513. At the second trial in the Superior Court the judge, sitting without a jury, found for the defendants and filed a memorandum of findings. The case is now here on the plaintiff’s exceptions to the denial of requests for rulings and to the exclusion of certain evidence.
The plaintiff and the defendants were the only directors, but not the only stockholders, in the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Blount v. WheelerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Palmbaum v. MagulskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Moss v. CopelofMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Soghomonian v. GarabedianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
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