Legal Opinion
McGreary v. Chandler
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 1, 1870PublishedCited by 5 opinions
On exceptions. Facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtAppleton, C. J.
This is an action of assumpsit upon the following note indorsed in blank:
“ 183.66. Wine Harbor, Oct. 16, 1862.
For value received, the Machias Mining Co. promise to pay Ellis M. Smith, or order, eighty-three dollars and sixty-six cents in three months from date.
John Chandler, )
George Thompson, > Directors.”
G. S. Parker, )
The Machias Mining Co. is a voluntary association of individuals, and not a corporation under the laws of the State. The defendants are members, and assume to act as its directors, and as such to bind the association. If they have bound the association, as they purport to have…
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