Lamkin v. Edgerly , 151 Mass. 348 ( 1890 )

Knowlton, J.

If the room to which the notice was directed was the place of business of the defendant Pickering on November 8,1888, there can be no doubt that the notice was sufficient. Pub. Sts. c. 77, § 16. Bank of America v. Shaw, 142 Mass. 290. Importers & Traders' National Bank v. Shaw, 144 Mass. 421. Wachusett National Bank v. Fairbrother, 148 Mass. 181. Hobbs v. Straine, 149 Mass. 212. The judge found that it was his place of business, and the question presented by the bill of exceptions is whether there was evidence to warrant the finding.

The room was at No. 68 Devonshire Street, Boston, and at that time the defendant Pickering’s name was on the door post at the street, and on the glass panel in the door of the room. An inquiry for him of a person in the room was answered by a statement that he was not in. The superintendent of the building testified that he was a tenant there in the first part of November, 1888, and had been for a year or two, and that he remained there and had goods there until the 12th of November, or later, and paid rent for his office up to that date. The janitor of the building gave similar testimony, and said that he saw the defendant in his office twice in November of that year, and that his mail was left there as usual up to the 15th of November. Although there was other evidence which tended to show that he spent but little time there, the judge, on the whole, was'warranted in finding that the room had not ceased to be his place of business when the notice was given on November 8.

Exceptions overruled.