Legal Opinion
Briggs v. Sanford
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 31, 1914PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This suit was heard by a judge of the Superior Court, who made findings of fact and entered a decree chiefly in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff appealed. The evidence is not reported. Hence the findings of fact must be accepted as final. Upon this state of the record the only matters open are that the decree does not correspond with the allegations and prayers of the bill (or since St. 1883, c. 223, § 10, now R. L. c. 159, § 12, with general relief possible under the bill and prayers) and could not have been entered lawfully on the facts found, and that the conclusions reached are…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Howe v. HoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Matthews v. ThompsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Bailey v. WoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Fitcher v. GriffithsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Garner v. Second Nat. Bank of ProvidenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Glover v. Waltham Laundry Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
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- Epstein v. EpsteinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Pickard v. ClancyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
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