Legal Opinion
Nickerson v. Dowd
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 27, 1961PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
On this petition brought in the name of Capetown House, Inc., the respondents Maurice M. Goldman and Lillian F. Dowd were adjudged in contempt for violation of a temporary restraining order entered on April 13, 1960, in the 'Superior Court, Barnstable County, in case No. 25633, Nickerson v. Dowd. The respondent Goldman was committed to the common jail for a term of three months. The respondent Dowd was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 to the court for the use of the petitioner and committed to jail for a term of two months, but her sentence was suspended pending further order. The respondents…
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