¶1It is well settled that money to be earned hereafter under a new engagement is not assignable. Mulhall v. Quinn, 1 Gray, 105. Hartley v. Tapley, 2 Gray, 565. Twiss v Cheever, 2 Allen, 40. Exceptions overruled.
125 Mass. 475
Herbert v. Bronson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 25, 1878
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1878-10-25
Trustee process. Writ dated December 31, 1877, and served on January 1, 1878. The city of Fall River, summoned as trustee, answered that at the date of service upon it, it had in its hands belonging to the defendant the sum of $248.
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Decided 1878-10-25
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