Lenahen v. Desmond
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint, dated March 1, 1888, under the bastardy act, Pub. Sts. c. 85, to the Second District Court of Eastern Worcester, alleging that Delia Lenahen of Harvard in the county of Worcester, on February 10, 1888, “ was delivered of a female child, which said child was born alive, is still living, and was born a bastard, and she, said Delia Lenahen, accuses John Desmond of said Harvard in said county of Worcester, living and having his usual place of business within the…
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Complaint, dated March 1, 1888, under the bastardy act, Pub. Sts. c. 85, to the Second District Court of Eastern Worcester, alleging that Delia Lenahen of Harvard in the county of Worcester, on February 10, 1888, “ was delivered of a female child, which said child was born alive, is still living, and was born a bastard, and she, said Delia Lenahen, accuses John Desmond of said Harvard in said county of Worcester, living and having his usual place of business within the judicial district of said court, against whom she desires to institute a prosecution of being the father of said child, and…
1Opinion of the CourtC. Allen, J.
No statute requires the filing of a supplemental complaint in the Superior Court. It is not essential in order to give jurisdiction, and the method of averring the facts and of presenting the issue by means of a supplemental complaint has been adopted in practice as a mere matter of convenience. Chapel v. White, 3 Cush. 537. Burt v. Ayers, 116 Mass. 263. Easdale v. Reynolds, 143 Mass. 126. Accordingly, it has been held that the supplemental complaint need not be sworn to; Sabins v. Jones, 119 Mass. 167; that it may be signed by attorney; Burt v. Ayers, 116 Mass. 263; that it may be filed at…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Sabins v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Duhamell v. DucetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Easdale v. ReynoldsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- Reed v. HaskinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Thompson v. KenneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
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- People v. SuhlingAppellate Court of Illinois · 1924