In re Keohane
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition to prove exceptions of the defendant in the case of Norman Y. Brintnall v. John Keohane, an action on a replevin bond. Writ in the Municipal Court of the city of Boston dated May 10, 1900, case entered in the Superior Court on appeal August 1, 1900, petition filed January 11, 1901. The case was tried in.the Superior Court by Hardy, J., without a jury.
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Petition to prove exceptions of the defendant in the case of Norman Y. Brintnall v. John Keohane, an action on a replevin bond. Writ in the Municipal Court of the city of Boston dated May 10, 1900, case entered in the Superior Court on appeal August 1, 1900, petition filed January 11, 1901. The case was tried in.the Superior Court by Hardy, J., without a jury. The preceding replevin suit in which the bond was given was brought by one John F. Leonard against the present plaintiff Norman Y. Brintnall. In that suit a coupé and a harness were replevied. The replevin suit was entered in court, and…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, C. J.
This is a petition to prove exceptions. The commissioner to whom the case was referred finds that during the trial the petitioner did not take or save any exceptions. It is certain that no requests for instructions were made in writing before the closing arguments, as required by Rule 48 of the Superior Court, and although we assume on the testimony that the counsel for the petitioner understood that he had what amounted to special leave to present requests later, we do not perceive the implication of such leave in a postponement of discussion of a question raised on evidence to the…
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