Commonwealth v. Teevens

The provision of the Pub. Sts. <?. 153, § 6, that the Superior Court, “ after verdict or decision by the court, may report the case for determination by the Supreme Judicial Court,” does not confer upon the Superior Court the power to report questions of law arising upon any interlocutory findings or judgments of the jury or the court, but only to report the whole case after that court has performed its proper judicial functions, and the case is fully tried, and is ripe for judgment. As stated in Terry v. Brightman, 129 Mass. 535, the intention of the Legislature was, “ that cases in the…