Sullivan v. Bar Ass'n
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, to establish the truth of exceptions. The Bar Association of the city of Boston had filed in the Superior Court a petition against the present petitioner, seeking for his removal from his office of attorney at law. The hearing was before Dunbar, J., who granted the petition, and entered an order of removal.
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Petition, to establish the truth of exceptions. The Bar Association of the city of Boston had filed in the Superior Court a petition against the present petitioner, seeking for his removal from his office of attorney at law. The hearing was before Dunbar, J., who granted the petition, and entered an order of removal. The present petition to prove exceptions did not set forth that there was any request for rulings on matters of law, but an argument was addressed to the court, supported by citations of authorities, and a brief of the argument was handed to the court. There was no statement that…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
The only exceptions taken by the petitioner, which are set forth in the petition, were to the refusal of the court to hear an argument upon the motion for a rehearing, and to the order entering the final decree. After the decision of the case the court was not bound to reconsider the facts, or to entertain or reconsider questions of law involved in the finding, in respect to which no exception had been saved at the hearing. Lowell Gas Light Co. v. Bean, 1 Allen, 274. Phillips v. Soule, 6 Allen, 150. Kidney v. Richards, 10 Allen, 419. Caverly v. McOwen, 126 Mass. 222. Commonwealth v. Morrison,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MorrisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Capron v. AnnessMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Lynch v. PeabodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Caverly v. McOwenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
3Cited by4 opinions
- Peterson v. HopsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Nerbonne v. New England Steamship Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Robbins v. Brockton Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Fitch v. JeffersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899