Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Barns
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 24, 1928PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSanderson, J.
In this case a verdict was returned for the plaintiff upon a count for money had and received. Subject to the plaintiff’s exception, the court directed a verdict for the defendant on counts two and three, based upon a conversion of the bonds by the deceased, Augustus Wheeler. The evidence would not justify a finding that demand for the bonds was made upon Wheeler or that he converted *474them. No error appears in the ruling of the court on these counts.
The jury were warranted in finding that in the summer of 1913, the defendant’s testator, Augustus Wheeler, delivered to the plaintiff five $1,000…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Little v. ChadwickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- Hewitt v. HayesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Lowe v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Bone v. HolmesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Ashley v. WinkleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Trafton v. CusteauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Chopelas v. ChopelasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Briggs v. CrowleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Feeney v. FeeneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Gill Equipment Co. v. FreedmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
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