Legal Opinion

Barnett

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided December 5, 1921PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Petition, filed in this court on November 3, 1921, to establish exceptions alleged by the plaintiff in an action of tort for libel and slander and malicious prosecution which was brought by him against one Clarence B. Loud in the Superior Court. The material averments in the petition are described in the opinion.

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Petition, filed in this court on November 3, 1921, to establish exceptions alleged by the plaintiff in an action of tort for libel and slander and malicious prosecution which was brought by him against one Clarence B. Loud in the Superior Court. The material averments in the petition are described in the opinion. The petitioner also presented to this court a “Motion to amend his petition to establish exceptions” by adding thereto and inserting therein a substitute bill of exceptions which he alleged Morton, J., had signed and allowed and later, after the filing in this court of the petition…

1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.

This petition was filed on November 3, 1921. Its averments in substance are that at a trial of an action brought by the petitioner against one Loud, wherein a verdict was returned for the defendant on each of the counts in the declaration, the petitioner saved certain exceptions and seasonably tendered to the judge, who presided, a bill of exceptions; that the judge refused to allow the same and struck out some of the exceptions as stated therein, and ordered the petitioner to draw up a substitute bill of exceptions omitting the objectionable parts; that *230the petitioner did draw up such a…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Harrington v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
  2. Sullivan v. Old Colony Street RailwayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
  3. FreedmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
  4. Moneyweight Scale Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
  5. DeWolfe v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Capano v. MelchionnoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
  2. Commissioner of Banks v. Tremont Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
  3. Commonwealth v. KossowanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
  4. Barnett v. LoudMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
  5. ThorndikeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926

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