Reynolds v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
, Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on August 31, 1915, and afterwards amended into an action at law as stated in the opinion. In accordance with the decision reported in 228 Mass. 584, judgment was entered against the defendant. Procee_dings against the trustee, the American Express Company, are described in the opinion.
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, Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on August 31, 1915, and afterwards amended into an action at law as stated in the opinion. In accordance with the decision reported in 228 Mass. 584, judgment was entered against the defendant. Procee_dings against the trustee, the American Express Company, are described in the opinion. That trustee admitted that it should be charged in the sum of $10,997.55. Article X of the agreement between the railroad company and the American Express Company, mentioned in the opinion, was as follows: “The Express Company, for and in consideration of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The plaintiff originally brought a bill in equity in a writ of summons and attachment by trustee process as provided in R. L. c. 159, § 8, service of which as well as of a subpoena subsequently issued was made upon the trustee directing it to appear and answer the bill “and to show cause why an injunction should not issue.” But, an interlocutory decree having been entered dismissing the bill in so far as the trustee was a defendant, the plaintiff under R. L. c. 159, § 6, was allowed to amend the suit into an action at law with leave to file a declaration. The pleadings having been completed,…
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- Reynolds v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Hopedale Manufacturing Co. v. Clinton Cotton MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Richards v. StephensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Koontz v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Nutter v. Framingham & Lowell RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
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