Poland v. New Bedford, Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket Steamship Authority

In this action for legal services, the plaintiffs, on September 14, 1951, by leave of court, filed more than thirty interrogatories to the defendant. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 61. No answers were made within twenty days. See G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 62; § 63, as amended by St. 1932, c. 84, § 1. On October 15, 1951, pursuant to Rule 36 of the Superior Court (1932), as amended October 31, 1947, the plaintiffs’ application to default the defendant was *571allowed. So far as material, this rule reads: “Upon the filing of such an application the clerk shall enter as of course against the…