Legal Opinion

Mulloney v. Mullin

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 24, 1938PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.

This action of tort or contract, begun by trustee process, comes here on appeal from the allowance of motions to dismiss based on the ground that the action is one of tort for slander or libel, and is begun by trustee process in violation of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 246, § 1.

The declaration alleges that the defendant Mullin is a lawyer, and as such entered into a conspiracy with the other defendants to injure the' plaintiff "by unlawfully charging and recording the plaintiff as a defaulter because *269of alleged dishonest and criminal acts . . . In pursuance of this conspiracy, it is alleged, the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Moran v. DunphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
  2. Sherry v. PerkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
  3. McGurk v. CronenwettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
  4. May v. WoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
  5. M. Steinert & Sons Co. v. TagenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Comerford v. MeierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939

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