Legal Opinion
Duffy v. Duffy
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 19, 1982PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTS, Justice.
Once again we must decline the invitation of the plaintiff-appellant to review the Superior Court interpretation of M.R.Civ.P. 41(a) in this case. Because we agree with defendant-appellee that the order of the Superior Court vacating plaintiff’s notice of dismissal does not come within any exception to the final judgment rule, we dismiss the appeal.
This action for divorce was commenced by filing the complaint on December 17, 1979. Service on defendant was accomplished on January 17, 1980. A document entitled “Answer” was filed by defendant on April 3, 1981. After some…
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