Legal Opinion
Keith v. Thomas
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 26, 1929PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This bill in equity for the reformation of a written contract of guaranty, and to recover damages resulting from its alleged breach, is before this court on the plaintiffs’ exceptions to the “memorandum of findings, rulings and order for decree” made by the trial judge and their appeal therefrom, and on appeal from the final decree dismissing the bill. The suit was originally brought at law and afterwards was amended into a bill in equity upon motion of the plaintiffs.
The defendant executed a written instrument which reads as follows: “February 8, 1922. Keith & Floyd Dear Sirs: I hereby…
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- Crowley v. HoldsworthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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