Moors v. Washburn
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, changed in the Superior Court from an action of contract for money had and received, to establish the right of the plaintiff, doing business under the name of J. B. Moors and Company, to a fund of $750. Writ dated November 25, 1884. After the former decision, reported 147 Mass. 344, a decree for the plaintiff, based upon facts found by the judge by whom the case was originally heard, was made in the Superior Court, on July 15,1890, by Aldrich, J., for the sum…
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Bill in equity, changed in the Superior Court from an action of contract for money had and received, to establish the right of the plaintiff, doing business under the name of J. B. Moors and Company, to a fund of $750. Writ dated November 25, 1884. After the former decision, reported 147 Mass. 344, a decree for the plaintiff, based upon facts found by the judge by whom the case was originally heard, was made in the Superior Court, on July 15,1890, by Aldrich, J., for the sum of $234.15 and costs. The defendant appealed to this court. The material facts, as found by Dewey, J., by whom the case…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
This case was originally an action at law, and afterwards was amended into a bill in equity to establish the plaintiff’s rights in and to recover a fund of $750, or that part of it to which he might be entitled. The fund is the proceeds of an action of trover for certain wool, brought by a warehouseman, Pratt v. Boston Heel & Leather Co. 134 Mass. 300, and is in the hands of the defendant Washburn as attorney. The plaintiff claims under a blanket pledge or mortgage of the wool, made to secure all indebtedness of Moore, the general owner. The case has been before this court on a former…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- May v. GatesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Pratt v. Boston Heel & Leather Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Moors v. WashburnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
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