Fordyce v. Dillaway
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on August 22,1911, and on motion of the defendant Dillaway removed to the Supreme Judicial Court on October 23,1911, against William E. L. Dillaway and the American Pneumatic Service Company (hereinafter called the American Company), alleging in substance that the plaintiff, the defendant Dillaway and one Arthur S. Temple, deceased, who previous to June, 1907, were in the control of the defendant corporation, were ousted from…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on August 22,1911, and on motion of the defendant Dillaway removed to the Supreme Judicial Court on October 23,1911, against William E. L. Dillaway and the American Pneumatic Service Company (hereinafter called the American Company), alleging in substance that the plaintiff, the defendant Dillaway and one Arthur S. Temple, deceased, who previous to June, 1907, were in the control of the defendant corporation, were ousted from control in June, 1907, and that thereafter they, as associates, organized a competing company called the United Store Service…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The questions presented by the cross appeals are, what amount, if any, is the plaintiff entitled to recover from the defendant' Dillaway, and if relief should be given, whether the final decree is supported by the averments of the bill.
The plaintiff, the defendant and one Temple, who died before suit was commenced, organized a corporation to enter into competition with the defendant, the American Pneumatic Service Company, formerly in their control, but from which they had been displaced by changes in the corporate management. After nearly two years of competition with extensive litigation…
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