Stillman v. Donovan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, for the review of a judgment for costs, obtained by the respondent against the petitioner in June, 1893, in an action of tort in the Superior Court. Hearing before Barker, J., who denied the petition; and the petitioner alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
In this case we have before us a single exception to an order of a justice of this court, dismissing a petition for a writ of review. The petition is founded on the proceedings at a trial before a jury in the Superior Court. The presiding justice at the trial was the late Mr. Justice Aldrich, a judge eminent for his learning and ability, and of long experience in the trial of causes. The petitioner avers that a part of the testimony at the trial was false, and that the judge made numerous errors of law, which altogether resulted in an erroneous verdict against him.
A writ of review is an…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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