Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co. v. Chandler
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two bills, in equity, filed in the Superior Court on December 3, 1906, and January 21,1907, by a corporation against its former president, for an accounting as to money alleged to belong to the plaintiff and to have been received by the defendant as the plaintiff’s agent and to have been retained by him for his own use and benefit, the defendant having procured the money from the plaintiff for the purchase of certain land for the plaintiff.
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Two bills, in equity, filed in the Superior Court on December 3, 1906, and January 21,1907, by a corporation against its former president, for an accounting as to money alleged to belong to the plaintiff and to have been received by the defendant as the plaintiff’s agent and to have been retained by him for his own use and benefit, the defendant having procured the money from the plaintiff for the purchase of certain land for the plaintiff. The cases were heard together by Dana, J., who in both cases found for the plaintiff with costs. The defendant alleged exceptions to the rulings of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
It was adjudicated, when- these cases were first before us on the defendant’s exceptions with a report of all of the material evidence, that the judge was warranted in finding that the defendant had intentionally defrauded the plaintiff of the amounts charged in the bills of complaint. Malden & Melrose *227Gas Light Co. v. Chandler, 209 Mass. 354. Mason v. Pomeroy, 154 Mass. 481. Boyd v. Taylor, 207 Mass. 335. McManus v. Thing, 208 Mass. 55, 60. The exceptions having been overruled and final decrees entered in conformity with our decision, the defendant appealed to this court, where he contends…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Kennedy v. WelchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
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- Boyd v. TaylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
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- Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co. v. ChandlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
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