Legal Opinion

Wintle v. Wright

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided September 20, 1955Published

1Opinion of the Court

117 A.2d 68 (1955)

Kenneth J. WINTLE

v.

Carl R. WRIGHT, Adm'r, Estate of George A. Libby.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

September 20, 1955.

Bartolo M. Siciliano, Dexter, for plaintiff.

Eames & Eames, Skowhegan, for defendant.

Before FELLOWS, C. J., and WILLIAMSON, WEBBER, TAPLEY and BELIVEAU, JJ.

WEBBER, Justice.

We are here asked to examine the sufficiency of the declaration in a writ which invokes the ancient remedy of audita querela. Tested by demurrer, the declaration was deemed insufficient by the Presiding Justice below and exceptions were seasonably taken to his action in sustaining the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Brown v. PorterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1813
  2. Parker v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
  3. Avery v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  4. State Ex. Rel. Gary Realty Co. v. HallSupreme Court of Missouri · 1929
  5. Radclyffe v. BartonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894

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