Keenan v. Maybrook, Inc.

On the authority of Chavoor v. Lewis, 383 Mass. 801, 803-805 (1981), Struett v. Arlington Trust Co., 23 Mass. App. Ct. 152, 155-156 (1986), and Tibbitts v. Wisniewski, 27 Mass. App. Ct. 729, 731 (1989), we reverse an order allowing a motion under Mass.R.Civ.P. 60(b), 365 Mass. 828 (1974), to vacate judgment.

Chief among the applicable points made in those cases is that if a party moves for relief from judgment under rule *14560(b) for reasons of mistake, inadvertence, or excusable neglect, the one-year limitation period that applies to such motions cannot be extended by categorizing the motion as…