Legal Opinion
Silverton v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 25, 1943PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
This petition for writ of error challenges a judgment of the District Court of Springfield entered December 7, 1942, adjudging the petitioner in contempt of court. The return discloses that the record of the District Court consists of the bare statement that the plaintiff in error was “cited for contempt of court because of unwarranted conduct and remarks addressed to the court for which a fine of twenty-five dollars was imposed.” The Commonwealth pleads in nullo est erratum.
The sixteen assignments of error contained in the petition, in so far as they are sufficiently definite to be…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Cooke v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Ex Parte TerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Cartwright's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Blankenburg v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Root v. MacDonaldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Godard v. Babson-Dow Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- New England Novelty Co. v. SandbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Sussman v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- CrystalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
- O'LearyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
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