Legal Opinion
Graustein
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 2, 1940PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, C.J.
This is a petition brought by the plaintiff in the case of Graustein v. Barry, which was tried in the Superior Court by a judge sitting without a jury,* to establish exceptions of the plaintiff — alleged to have been taken at the trial — disallowed by the trial judge. The defendant in that case has filed a motion to dismiss the petition.
A petition to establish the truth of exceptions is in the nature of an appeal, by a party “aggrieved” by the dis-allowance of such exceptions, for the purpose of correcting an error committed in the trial court. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 117. It can be…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Morse v. WoodworthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Graustein v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Romana v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Cowley v. O'ConnellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- FreedmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Shore v. Retailers Commercial Agency, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Commonwealth v. McGrathMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Gill v. Richmond Co-operative Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Sabatinelli v. ButlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- RinesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
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