Ryan v. Hickey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed in the Superior Court on February 9,1921, for the vacation of a judgment entered against the petitioner in an action at law in which she and one Gilbert H. Ryan were defendants and the respondent was plaintiff and which was based upon an alleged liability of the petitioner as indorser upon a promissory note made by Gilbert H. Ryan. The material allegations in the petition are described in the opinion. The respondent demurred to the petition.
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Petition, filed in the Superior Court on February 9,1921, for the vacation of a judgment entered against the petitioner in an action at law in which she and one Gilbert H. Ryan were defendants and the respondent was plaintiff and which was based upon an alleged liability of the petitioner as indorser upon a promissory note made by Gilbert H. Ryan. The material allegations in the petition are described in the opinion. The respondent demurred to the petition. The demurrer was heard by Sisk, J., and was sustained and the petition was dismissed. The petitioner appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a petition under G. L. c. 250, §§ 14-20, to vacate a judgment entered in the Superior Court. The salient facts alleged are that an action of contract on a promissory note, brought against the present petitioner as defendant, was tried to a jury and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff; that the petitioner, being defendant in that action, seasonably filed a motion for a new trial on the ground among others that the verdict was against the law in that there was no evidence before the jury of any demand having been made and refused and notice of non-payment given so as to make the…
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