Edwards v. Peterson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions. Bill in equity against defendant, Peterson, and Forest City Steamboat Company. The exceptions were to the ruling of' the court sustaining a demurrer to the bill. The material facts are stated in the opinion. cited: Story, Eq. Juris. § 1040; Pomeroy, Eq. Jur. § 1288 ; Benjamin on Sales, Yol. 1, pp. 98 and 100 ; Jones on Mortgages, § 152; Field v. Mayor of N. Y. 6 N. Y. 179; McCaffrey v. Woodin, 65 N. Y. 459 (22 Am.
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On exceptions. Bill in equity against defendant, Peterson, and Forest City Steamboat Company. The exceptions were to the ruling of' the court sustaining a demurrer to the bill. The material facts are stated in the opinion. cited: Story, Eq. Juris. § 1040; Pomeroy, Eq. Jur. § 1288 ; Benjamin on Sales, Yol. 1, pp. 98 and 100 ; Jones on Mortgages, § 152; Field v. Mayor of N. Y. 6 N. Y. 179; McCaffrey v. Woodin, 65 N. Y. 459 (22 Am. R. 654) ; Smithurst v. Edmunds, 14 N. J. Eq. 408 ; Gevers v. Wright's Ex. 18 N. J. Eq. 334; Pierce v. Emery, 32 N. H. 484; Smith v. Atkins, 18 Yt. 465; Galkins v.…
1Opinion of the CourtHaskell, J.
Bill in equity to uphold an assignment of wages expected to be earned in the future, but not under an existing employment or contract.
When the assignment was made, the assignor was in the employ of the respondent steamboat compary, but was discharged *370the next day. The assignment covered wages to be earned in the employ of the steamboat company between the day of its date, October 14, and April 1, following, and was recorded as required by R. S., c. Ill, § 6.
Both the assignor and the steamboat company expected the former’s services would be again required by the latter, and that his employment…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Galveston Railroad v. CowdreySupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- United States v. New Orleans RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Mitchell v. WinslowU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine · 1843
- Pennock v. CoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1860
- McCaffrey v. . WoodinNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
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