Legal Opinion
Gunner v. Elmwood Dodge, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 17, 1987PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
What the parties present for decision, a question of jurisdiction under the “long-arm” statute (G. L. c. 223A), was raised by the allowance of a motion to dismiss the action under Mass.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(2), 365 Mass. 755 (1974).
An affidavit and a deposition submitted by the plaintiff in opposition to the motion to dismiss (see Good Hope Indus., Inc. v. Ryder Scott Co., 378 Mass. 1, 3 [1979]; Balloon Bouquets, Inc. v. Balloon Telegram Delivery, Inc., 18 Mass. App. Ct. 935 [1984]; Smith & Zobel, Rules Practice § 12.9 [1986 Supp.]), and the facts pleaded in the complaint (taken for these purposes…
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