Legal Opinion

USTrust Co. v. Kennedy

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided November 23, 1983PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.

Such is the technical nature of the arguments which the parties advance, that it is necessary to relate in detail the procedural history of the case, which has largely to do with whether certain procedural irregularities invalidate a grant of summary judgment.

The action, founded on a promissory note for $15,463.48, was brought on February 22, 1982, by USTrust Company (the “bank”) in the Third District Court of Eastern Middlesex. Before filing an answer, Kennedy, on March 17, 1982, removed the case to the Superior Court. Two days earlier, on March 15, 1982, the bank had mailed a motion for…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Community National Bank v. DawesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  2. Wood v. Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
  3. Rollins Environmental Services, Inc. v. Superior CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  4. Schulte v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  5. Ikerd v. LapworthCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970

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3Cited by17 opinions

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  4. McDonald v. BellottiMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1990
  5. Murphy v. KotlikMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1993

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