Emerson v. Galloupe
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on October 26, 1891, by Henry P. Emerson and Frank D. Allen, against Francis E. Galloupe and Francis W. Breed, to declare a trust. The case was heard by Mason, C. J., and reported, at the request of the plaintiffs, for the determination of this court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
The plaintiffs and the defendant Galloupe orally agreed to attempt to purchase the defendant Breed’s estate at a price not to exceed fifty thousand dollars. Each plaintiff was to furnish one quarter, and Galloupe one half, of the purchase money, and a syndicate, in which the plaintiffs were each to have one quarter interest and Galloupe was to control one half, was to be formed for the development of the land. Galloupe undertook to make the purchase, and, in violation of his agreement with the plaintiffs, made the negotiation in his own behalf, and obtained from Breed an agreement for a…
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