Dubois v. Boston & Maine Railroad

Order of the Appellate Division affirmed. This is an appeal by the plaintiff, in a case tried in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, from an order of the Appellate Division whereby the plaintiff’s petition to establish a report was dismissed. By an express provision of Rule 30 of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston (1940) a petition to establish a report cannot be maintained unless the requirements of that rule are complied with. One of the requirements of the rule is that the petition be “verified by affidavit.” This requirement was not complied with in the present case. The…