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Wrigley v. GeyerWrigley v. Geyer

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Mar 15, 1808
Reporters:
Curia.

Whitney had no effects in his hands liable to ‍​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‍be attached, by this process, as the effects of Geyer. A promise to perform labor for another ‍​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‍to a certain amount is not a chose in action attachable until the promise be broken, after ‍​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‍which the promisee is entitled to receive the agreed value of the labor in money. ‍​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‍But from the answer, the labor, and not its value in money, was due to Geyer and ‍​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‍his partner when the attachment was made.

Trustee discharged.

Case Details

Case Name: Wrigley v. Geyer
Court Name: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Date Published: Mar 15, 1808
Citation: 4 Mass. 102
Court Abbreviation: Mass.
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