Knowles v. Knowles
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two bills in equity, the first filed on January 21,1909, and the second on November 3, 1909, each to compel the defendant to deliver to the plaintiff therein a policy of insurance which the plaintiff alleged had been taken out for the plaintiff’s benefit upon the life of Samuel Knowles, the son of the plaintiffs in the two suits.
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Two bills in equity, the first filed on January 21,1909, and the second on November 3, 1909, each to compel the defendant to deliver to the plaintiff therein a policy of insurance which the plaintiff alleged had been taken out for the plaintiff’s benefit upon the life of Samuel Knowles, the son of the plaintiffs in the two suits. The suits were heard before Stevens, J. He filed in each case a paper entitled “ Memorandum of Facts,” which was as follows: In 1900 [1902 in the second case] the plaintiff [the plaintiff’s husband in the second case] caused a policy of insurance to be issued by the…
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
It is the general rule that objections to rulings made by a single judge at the hearing of an equity cause upon the admissibility of evidence can be brought before this court only by exceptions, and not by appeal with a report of the facts found or of the evidence. The object of such a report is merely to bring before this court on an appeal the facts which otherwise would not appear upon the record. Dorr v. Tremont National *293Bank, 128 Mass. 349. Worcester v. Lakeside Manuf. Co. 174 Mass. 299. Cleveland v. Hampden Savings Bank, 182 Mass. 110. See McCusker v. Geiger, 195 Mass. 46, 52. But we…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- American Circular Loom Co. v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- New York Life Insurance v. HardisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- McCusker v. GeigerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- City of Worcester v. Lakeside Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- Dorr v. Tremort National BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
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