Legal Opinion
Jones v. Brockton Public Markets, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 31, 1975PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTauro, C.J.
This case is before us on appeal from a j'udgment entered in the Superior Court after the granting of the defendant’s motion to dismiss under Mass. R. Civ. P. 12 (b) (6), 365 Mass. 754 (1974). The sole issue is whether the plaintiff’s complaint states a case of abuse of process. We hold that it does not and we affirm the trial j'udge’s dismissal of the complaint.
For the purpose of testing the correctness of the trial j'udge’s ruling, “the allegations of the complaint are to be taken as true . . . .” United States v. Mississippi, 380 U.S. 128, 143 (1965). Further, we accept as true “such…
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