Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co. v. Chandler
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two bills IN equity, filed in the Superior Court on December 3, 1906, and January 21, 1907, by a corporation against its former president, for an accounting as- to money alleged to belong to the plaintiff and to have been received by the defendant as the plaintiff’s agent and to have been retained by him for his own use and benefit, the defendant having procured the money from the plaintiff for the purchase of certain land for the plaintiff.
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Two bills IN equity, filed in the Superior Court on December 3, 1906, and January 21, 1907, by a corporation against its former president, for an accounting as- to money alleged to belong to the plaintiff and to have been received by the defendant as the plaintiff’s agent and to have been retained by him for his own use and benefit, the defendant having procured the money from the plaintiff for the purchase of certain land for the plaintiff. In the Superior Court the cases were tried together before Dana, J. The subject of controversy and the character of evidence are described in the…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The plaintiff desired to enlarge its works, and the board of directors voted that the defendant, who was the president of the company, be appointed with the vice-president as a committee “ with authority ... to purchase . . . such additional land for the enlargement of the company’s business as in their judgment may be advisable.” The defendant, acting under the vote, appears to have conducted the negotiations which resulted in the purchase and a transfer of title to the plaintiff of the parcels of land described in the bills of complaint. It is settled, that, in the exercise of the authority…
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