Massachusetts Reports, Volume 233H.O. Houghton and Company, 1920 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 24
... reason of the assignment , the principal and interest became due and payable . CONTRACT by the assignees for the benefit of creditors of Eugene N. Foss for $ 609.56 alleged wrongfully to have been withheld by the defendant from the sale ...
... reason of the assignment , the principal and interest became due and payable . CONTRACT by the assignees for the benefit of creditors of Eugene N. Foss for $ 609.56 alleged wrongfully to have been withheld by the defendant from the sale ...
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... reason of the fore- closure of its property by the trustees under the mortgage securing its bonds , that the bonds held as collateral were retained by the defendant until more than a year after the maturity of the note , that notice in ...
... reason of the fore- closure of its property by the trustees under the mortgage securing its bonds , that the bonds held as collateral were retained by the defendant until more than a year after the maturity of the note , that notice in ...
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... reason of the foreclosure by the trustees under the mortgage . There was some correspondence between the parties at about the time of the action and judgment on the note . The col- lateral was not sold until more than a year after the ...
... reason of the foreclosure by the trustees under the mortgage . There was some correspondence between the parties at about the time of the action and judgment on the note . The col- lateral was not sold until more than a year after the ...
Page 56
... reason given above a denial in the action at law of a motion of the present plaintiff as one of the executors for a new trial in which to set up the principle of election did not affect the plaintiff's individual right to relief in the ...
... reason given above a denial in the action at law of a motion of the present plaintiff as one of the executors for a new trial in which to set up the principle of election did not affect the plaintiff's individual right to relief in the ...
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... reason why the plaintiff may proceed at equity by the present suit is that he appears now in his personal capacity as a devisee and legatee under his father's will Mass . ] 61 NOYES v . NOYES . 447 550 J B Eustis Manuf Co v Saco Brick ...
... reason why the plaintiff may proceed at equity by the present suit is that he appears now in his personal capacity as a devisee and legatee under his father's will Mass . ] 61 NOYES v . NOYES . 447 550 J B Eustis Manuf Co v Saco Brick ...
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Page 165 - The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or any part thereof, and to utilize the same to the exclusion, as far as may be necessary, of all other traffic thereon for the transfer or transportation of troops, war material, and equipment, or for such other purposes connected with the emergency as may be needful or desirable.
Page 321 - In acquiring, investing, reinvesting, exchanging, retaining, selling and managing property for the benefit of another, a fiduciary shall exercise the judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing, which men of prudence, discretion and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not in regard to speculation but in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds, considering the probable income as well as the probable safety of their capital.
Page 472 - Act of 1918, a tax equal to the sum of the following percentages of the value of the net estate (determined as provided in section 403) is hereby imposed upon the transfer of the net estate of every decedent...
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Page 288 - If the employee leaves dependents only partly dependent upon his earnings for support at the time of his injury, the association shall pay such dependents a weekly compensation equal to the same proportion of the weekly payments for the benefit of persons wholly dependent as the amount contributed by the employee to such partial dependents bears to the annual earnings of the deceased at the time of his injury.