Thompson v. Dickinson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition to establish the truth of exceptions, alleged by the petitioner, in an action brought by him against the respondents, Marquis F. Dickinson, Jr., George F. Richardson, Hollis R. Bailey, and John L. Hunt, as attorneys at law, for negligence in conducting his defence in a certain action brought against him by one Mira Beals in the Superior Court. The exceptions were'disallowed by Braley, J., who presided at the trial in the Superior Court.
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Petition to establish the truth of exceptions, alleged by the petitioner, in an action brought by him against the respondents, Marquis F. Dickinson, Jr., George F. Richardson, Hollis R. Bailey, and John L. Hunt, as attorneys at law, for negligence in conducting his defence in a certain action brought against him by one Mira Beals in the Superior Court. The exceptions were'disallowed by Braley, J., who presided at the trial in the Superior Court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
The plaintiff in this suit duly filed his exceptions. The presiding justice appointed “ June 18,1892, 8 o’clock A. M., at the Court House, East Cambridge,” as the time and place for hearing the parties concerning the allowance of the exceptions, and an indorsement on the exceptions states that, “ said Thompson not appearing to prosecute and settle said exceptions, and the defendants did appear, the said exceptions are disallowed.” The commissioner to whom the plaintiff’s petition to prove his exceptions was referred has found that the presiding justice “ did not pass upon the truth of said…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Morse v. WoodworthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Powers v. ManningMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Beals v. ThompsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
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