Legal Opinion
Redfield v. Abbott Shoe Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 3, 1957PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
This appeal is improperly before us and must be dismissed. The action, which is in contract by the holder and payee of a promissory note against the maker to recover the principal amount of $1,000 and interest, was brought in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston. The defendant filed a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, the ground being violation of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 246, § 1, as appearing in St. 1943, c. 17, § 1, in that a suit on a promissory note allegedly is not one of the exceptions to the requirement that a bond be furnished in actions commenced by trustee process where…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Weiner v. Pictorial Paper Package Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Real Property Co. v. PittMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Farber v. LubinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
- Hammond v. Boston Terminal Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Endicott Johnson Corp. v. HurwitzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Rollins Environmental Services, Inc. v. Superior CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Lubell v. First National Stores, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Marlborough Hospital v. Commissioner of Public WelfareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
- Buono v. NardellaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Tennessee Plastics, Inc. v. New England Electric Heating Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
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