Legal Opinion
Lord v. Cummings
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 30, 1939PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
The petitioner brought a petition in equity in the Probate Court for Plymouth County in which he alleged, among other things, that the respondent, who on April 7, 1930, was granted a decree nisi on a libel for divorce against him, and also the custody of their minor children, which decree became absolute, had caused the minor children to adopt and use another name than their own without the authority or action of any court. He prayed for an injunction to restrain the respondent from doing any thing to effectuate a change in the lawful names of their minor children. The respondent demurred to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AndlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Jones v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Bailey v. DillonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- William Gilligan Co. v. CaseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Rand v. FarquharMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Wellesley College v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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- Donnelly v. MontagueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Mitchell v. MitchellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- MacLennan v. MacLennanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
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