Legal Opinion
Ryan v. Whitney
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 14, 1926PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.
The plaintiff seeks recovery of payments made by her to the defendants in stock transactions which she claims were wagering transactions obnoxious to G. L. c. 137, § 4. After a report by an auditor who found for the defendants, the case was tried before a jury upon the auditor’s report and other evidence. At the conclusion of the evidence, the plaintiff elected to abandon her count at common law and to rely solely upon her count under the statute. The judge directed a verdict for the defendants. The plaintiff contends that this ruling was wrong, and that she was entitled to go to the jury…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Adams v. DickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Greene v. CoreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Fiske v. DoucetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Crehan v. MegargelMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Zembler v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Salter v. LeventhalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
- Bomeisler v. M. Jacobson & Sons TrustCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1941
- Solomon v. Boylston National BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Bartholomew v. StobbsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Papadopulos v. BrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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