Legal Opinion
United Tool & Industrial Supply Co. v. Torrisi
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 6, 1971PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTauro, C.J.
The petitioners appeal from a decree after rescript on a petition in equity brought in the Probate Court under the provisions of G. L. c. 215, § 6, as appearing in St. 1963, c. 820, § 1. The sole issue is whether the Probate Court erred in ordering the petitioners to pay the respondents’ counsel fees in addition to costs.
If this petition had been brought in the Superior Court our law is well settled that, “[wQhile as an original proposition, further examination might be desirable, the general principle has become firmly established in this Commonwealth that no recovery may be had for counsel…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Commissioner of Insurance v. Massachusetts Accident Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Chartrand v. RileyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- M. F. Roach Co. v. Town of ProvincetownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- Lewis v. National Shawmut BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Boynton v. TarbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Waldman v. American Honda Motor Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Bournewood Hospital, Inc. v. Massachusetts Commission Against DiscriminationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Harrison v. Textron, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- G.E.B. v. S.R.W.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Fuss v. Fuss (No. 1)Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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