Norton v. Ray

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Norton v. Ray, 139 Mass. 230 (Mass. 1885)
29 N.E. 662; 1885 Mass. LEXIS 70
Allen

Norton v. Ray

Opinion of the Court

W. Allen, J.

The plaintiff’s only remedy is in equity. The case discloses a trust, and cannot be brought within the decisions in which it has been held that an action for money had and received will lie against a trustee by a cestui que trust to recover a liquidated sum due to him under the trust. Johnson v. Johnson, 120 Mass. 465, and cases cited. Davis v. Coburn, 128 Mass. 377. Judgment for the defendant.

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Full Case Name
William T. Norton v. Ann S. Ray
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6 cases
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Published