Legal Opinion
Laine v. Aarnio
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 22, 1928PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.
The appeal in this case was not filed too late. The decree was entered on January 31, 1928, and the appeal was filed on February 20. The early cases like Wheeler v. Bent, 4 Pick. 167, and Butler v. Fessenden, 12 Cush. 78, which seem to state as our rule of practice that where computation of time is to be reckoned from an act or event the day of the act or event is to be included in the reckoning, have long been discredited and the true rule, as set out in Bemis v. Leonard, 118 Mass. 502, 506, that “in computing time from the date, or from the day of the date, or from a certain act or event,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Bemis v. LeonardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Edgecomb v. EdmonstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Tuttle v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Grant v. PizzanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Seward v. HaydenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Nigro v. ContiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Nickerson v. President of Harvard CollegeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Jubinville v. JubinvilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Roman Catholic Archbishop v. Board of AppealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Jefferson v. L'HeureuxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
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