Commonwealth v. Franklin Ins. Co.
Decision Date | 20 June 1874 |
Parties | Commonwealth v. Franklin Insurance Company |
Court | United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Supreme Court |
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Suffolk. Two petitions: one of William S. Bullard and others trustees, that the receivers of the Franklin Insurance Company should be ordered to pay them the rent of a building No. 44 State Street, Boston; the other of George Higginson and others, members of the firm of Lee, Higginson & Company, that the said receivers should be ordered to pay them the rent of a building at the corner of State and Devonshire Streets, Boston.
Hearing before Morton, J., who reported the case to the full court as follows:
F. V. Balch, for Bullard and others.
W. Minot, Jr., for Lee, Higginson & Co.
A. Jackson, for the receivers.
The first question to be considered is the claim of Bullard & others, trustees, for...
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