Legal Opinion
Wolfe v. Massachusetts Port Authority
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 27, 1974PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTauro, C.J.
The plaintiff, an attorney,, brought this bill in equity in the Superior Court, seeking discovery of certain toll receipts and tickets from the Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge (Tobin bridge). The defendant’s demurrer was overruled and a decree pro confessa was entered when the defendant failed to answer in a timely fashion. The defendant appealed from the interlocutory decree overruling its- demurrer, from the entry of a decree pro confessa, and from the final decree granting the plaintiffs bill of discovery.
The decree taking the bill for confessed established as true all facts properly…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- City Council of Waltham v. VinciulloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Sanford v. Boston Herald-Traveler Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Post & Co. v. Toledo, Cincinnati, & St. Louis RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- City of Boston v. Massachusetts Port AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Town Crier, Inc. v. Chief of Police of WestonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Kai Jakobsen v. Massachusetts Port AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
- Hastings & Sons Publishing v. City Treasurer of LynnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Department of Community Affairs v. Massachusetts State College Building AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc. v. Commissioner of RevenueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- American Mutual Liability Insurance v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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