Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Emerson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 22, 1984PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
These cases, consolidated below, are before us following allowance of the Emersons’ application for further appellate review. Shaw v. Emerson, 15 Mass. App. Ct. 1104 (1983).
The principal reason for our granting further appellate review in these cases is that the Appeals Court dismissed the appeal in the Lewis case because no final judgment had been entered by the clerk pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. 58 (a), as amended, 371 Mass. 908 (1977), 4 and affirmed the judgment in the other case because of the absence of argument as that is required by Mass. R. A. P. 16 (a) (4), as amended, 367 Mass. 919…
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3Cited by82 opinions
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