Keown v. Keown
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, as amended, filed in the Superior Court on August 10, 1917. The proceedings are described in the opinion. The final decree dismissing the bill with costs, the material part of which is quoted in the opinion, was entered by order of Jenney, J, The plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtR.ugg, C. J.
A final decree was entered in the Superior Court to the effect that the “case came on to be heard . . . upon the discontinuance heretofore filed by the plaintiff, and thereupon, upon consideration thereof, and after hearing all parties, it is ordered, adjudged and decreed: (1) That the bill be and it hereby *405is dismissed as to the defendants Mary E. Known and Eugene F. Trudo,” and (2) for costs as stated. The plaintiff appealed from that decree and now contends that he is entitled as matter of law to have it stated in the decree that it is dismissed for-want of prosecution or without…
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