Legal Opinion
Greenhouse, Inc. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 12, 1985PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
This case presents a question we left open in Kolakowski v. Finney, 393 Mass. 336, 340 (1984): If, when a party receives notice of a decision of the Appellate Division of a District Court, that party has the right to have his case transferred to the Superior Court for retrial, must that party exercise that right before appealing to this court? We now answer that question “yes.”
The plaintiff, The Greenhouse, Inc. (Greenhouse), brought suit against the defendant, Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA), in the Boston Municipal Court, which is a District Court. See G. L. c. 218, § 1. Greenhouse alleged…
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