Stevenson v. Donnelly
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for use and occupation of premises of the plaintiff “for billboard purposes.” Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated December 3, 1910. Judgment was entered for the defendant in the Municipal Court and an appeal was claimed by the plaintiff under the circumstances stated in the opinion.
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Contract for use and occupation of premises of the plaintiff “for billboard purposes.” Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated December 3, 1910. Judgment was entered for the defendant in the Municipal Court and an appeal was claimed by the plaintiff under the circumstances stated in the opinion. Upon the entry of the appeal in the Superior Court, the defendant filed a motion that the case be dismissed because the appeal was not taken and perfected within the time provided by the statute. The motion was heard and was denied by Jenney, J. The defendant appealed and the judge,…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is an action begun in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, where judgment was entered in favor of the defendant. A doubt is raised as to the jurisdiction of the Superior Court founded on the ground that the appeal from the judgment of the Municipal Court was not seasonably prosecuted. That judgment was entered at ten o’clock in the forenoon of Friday, the third day of February, 1911, the hour and day of the week required by R. L. c. 177, § 2. The appeal was perfected at 11.15 o’clock in the forenoon of February 10, which was the seventh day counting Sunday, and the sixth day…
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