Page v. Cole
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for breach of an agreement. Writ dated December 22, 1873. On the same day personal property of the defendant. was attached, and, on the next day, the defendant gave a bond with sureties to dissolve the attachment.
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Contract for breach of an agreement. Writ dated December 22, 1873. On the same day personal property of the defendant. was attached, and, on the next day, the defendant gave a bond with sureties to dissolve the attachment. After the former decision reported 120 Mass. 37, the case was tried in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Brigham, C. J., who on October 16, 1876, found for the plaintiff in the sum of $420.52. On the following day the defendant filed a motion to set aside the finding and for a new trial, based on the grounds that the finding was contrary to law, and that the…
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