Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Griffin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 23, 1915PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a suit in equity. A final decree dismissing the bill was entered in the Superior Court on March 17, 1915. The plaintiff appealed to the full bench of this court on March 29, 1915, being within the twenty days now allowed by law. Twenty-three days later, on April 21, 1915, a motion by the defendant that this appeal be dismissed because not seasonably entered was granted.* No finding of facts or report of material evidence was filed by the judge of the Superior Court. The question is, therefore, whether as matter of law his action in dismissing the appeal was warranted. The governing…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Greenough v. Phoenix InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Priest v. Inhabitants of GrotonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- FrankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Bentley v. WardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Lowell Bar Ass'n v. LoebMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Sullivan v. RocheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Romanausky v. SkutulasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Reno v. CotterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Commonwealth v. BouchardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
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