George v. Reed

This action was commenced in the superior court September 16, 1861. The original count was for goods sold to the defendants, doing business under the style of the Boston Mechanical Bakery Company. An amended count charged that the company was a corporation, but not legally organized, and that the defendants were its officers and liable as such. During the pendency of the action in the superior court, the St. of 1865, c. 179, was passed, authorizing this court and the superior court to allow amendments changing a suit at law into a proceeding in equity, if the same be necessary to enable the…