Legal Opinion
Farley v. Sprague
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 16, 1978PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
This is an appeal from the denial of the defendant’s motion under Mass. R. Civ. P. 60 (b), 365 Mass. 828 (1974), to vacate a default judgment obtained against him by the plaintiff in the Superior Court. The defendant challenges the action of the Superior Court judge in denying the motion and argues that because he was not a resident of this Commonwealth and the attempted service of process on him was improper the court acquired no jurisdiction over him and that therefore the default judgment is void.
The procedural background of the case is as follows. The plaintiff began this action in…
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