Legal Opinion
Brown v. Quinn
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 10, 1989No. 88-P-833PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, C.J.
We are concerned, in this case, with an issue of practice before the Appellate Division of the District Courts. Specifically, we must interpret that portion of Dist.Mun.Cts.R.Civ.P. 64(c)(5) (1975), set forth in the margin,3 and determine the effect of the clerk’s failure to send the notice specified in the rule on a party’s obligation to petition for the *289establishment of a report within three months after it has been filed.
The background facts are as follows. The plaintiffs (buyers of a single-family home built by the defendant and sold by him as trustee) brought this action in the Natick…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Berube v. McKesson Wine & Spirits Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
- Lewis v. EmersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Locke v. SlaterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Sullivan v. JordanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Bath Iron Works, Ltd. v. SavageMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Brown v. QuinnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Arthur D. Little, Inc. v. East Cambridge Savings BankMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1994
- Frontiero v. BrownMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1996
- Fleming v. KroenMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1991
- Skarani v. HealyMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1992
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