Bolles v. Dalton

A traveller receiving an injury from a defect of a-highway, and unavoidably prevented from filing his claim for damages within ten days, may apply to the court within six months, and if the court are of opinion that manifest injustice would otherwise be done, they may allow his claim to be filed. G. L., c. 75, s. 9. Any person aggrieved by a decision of a judge of probate, who was prevented from appealing therefrom within sixty days, through mistake, accident, or misfortune, and not from his own neglect, may, on petition within two years, be allowed an appeal. G. L., e. 207, s. 7. If, through…