Shaw v. Spencer

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1868-11-15

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Foster, J. The court have bestowed upon this case a degree of attention commensurate with the importance of the principles on which its decision must depend and the magnitude of the amount involved. One of two innocent parties must bear a heavy loss, caused by the gross fraud of a third person. Under the circumstances disclosed by the evidence, it was a flagrant breach of trust and a criminal fraud to transfer…

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