Legal Opinion
Vasys v. Metropolitan District Commission
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 3, 1982PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
Algis J. Vasys appealed from the summary judgment entered against him, and in favor of the Metro politan District Commission (MDC). We transferred the case to this court on our own initiative. In this appeal, we again consider the requirement of presentment of a claim under § 4 of G. L. c. 258 (Massachusetts Tort Claims Act). See Weaver v. Commonwealth, ante 43 (1982); Pruner v. Clerk of the Superior Court in the County of Norfolk, 382 Mass. 309, 316 (1981). We conclude that the failure to make a proper presentment does not deprive a court of jurisdiction over the subject matter of a…
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