Getchell v. Biddeford Savings Bank
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Report. The first case was an action of assumpsit for money had and received. The issue presented by the pleadings was the ownership of a deposit in the Biddeford Savings Bank of $1151.87 and interest from October, 1889, which then stood in the name of Martha M. Moore.
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On Report. The first case was an action of assumpsit for money had and received. The issue presented by the pleadings was the ownership of a deposit in the Biddeford Savings Bank of $1151.87 and interest from October, 1889, which then stood in the name of Martha M. Moore. The second case was a bill in equity, heard on bill, answer and proof, to determine the ownership of five shares of the stock of the Biddeford National Bank, at the time of the death of Martha M. Moore, in September, 1889. . The case appears in the opinion. Whenever the real purchaser, the one who pays the price, is under a…
1Opinion of the CourtEmery, J.
These cases come before the law court upon report with a brief but comprehensive record from which all mere formal and irrelevant matters have been eliminated. By making up such a record, counsel have saved their clients expense and costs, and have presented the case more clearly, without in the least endangering any right. Such a course is commended.
The competent evidence leads us to believe the following to be the material facts. Mr. Moore, in the lifetime of his wife, purchased five shares in the Biddeford National Bank, which he paid for with his own money. The certificates, however, were…
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