Fletcher v. Jones

HALF, District Judge.

This action in equity is brought to recover from the defendant, as a director of the New England- Cold Storage Company, a Massachusetts corporation, the amount of a debt owed to the plaintiff by the corporation. The debt is thus described in the bill, namely:

“During the year 1922, your orator did acquire for value and is now the owner of five of the said promissory notes, each of which is in the amount of $1,000, and each of which is described, in 'printed matter contained thereon, as an 8 per cent, gold coupon note, dated April 1, 1922, payable in said Portland on April…