Attorney General v. Supreme Council American Legion of Honor
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed on June 13, 1910, in the suit of Attorney General v. American Legion of Honor, previously before this court in cases reported in 196 Mass. 151, and 206 Mass. 131, 158, 168,175, 180,183, 186, 188, 190, 193, the petitioners in the present claim being the same persons who were the plaintiffs in the suit in equity reported in 206 Mass. 139. It there was decided, on May 19, 1910, that the plaintiffs were entitled to a decree, but that the only decree that could be…
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Petition, filed on June 13, 1910, in the suit of Attorney General v. American Legion of Honor, previously before this court in cases reported in 196 Mass. 151, and 206 Mass. 131, 158, 168,175, 180,183, 186, 188, 190, 193, the petitioners in the present claim being the same persons who were the plaintiffs in the suit in equity reported in 206 Mass. 139. It there was decided, on May 19, 1910, that the plaintiffs were entitled to a decree, but that the only decree that could be entered was one that the corporation should make the payment to the plaintiffs, the plaintiffs having proceeded with…
1Opinion of the CourtLosing, J.
The question of the petitioners’ right to share in the emergency fund is an altogether different question from their right to a judgment against the corporation. Attorney General v. American Legion of Honor (Dunlavy’s Claim), 206 Mass. 168, 172. The petitioners established their right against the corporation in the case before this court in Hackett v. American Legion of Honor, 206 Mass. 139. The purpose of the present petition is to establish their right to share in the emergency fund, for that is the only fund in the hands of the receiver.
James P. Hackett, the member under whom the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hackett v. Supreme Council American Legion of HonorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Attorney General v. Supreme Council American Legion of HonorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Attorney General v. Supreme Council American Legion of HonorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Attorney General v. Supreme Council American Legion of HonorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910