Legal Opinion
McLaughlin v. Municipal Court of Roxbury District
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 26, 1941PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, C.J.
This is a petition for a writ of certiorari. It was heard by a justice of this court on the petition and return. He ordered the petition dismissed. The petitioner excepted.
The petitioner, as appears from the return, was the defendant in an action brought against him under the small claims procedure (G. L. [Ter. Ed.] c. 218, §§ 21-25; see also St. 1937, c. 310) in the Municipal Court for the Roxbury District of Boston for property damage resulting from a collision of automobiles. There was a judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant in that action — the petitioner here — seeks in substance to…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Swan v. Justices of Superior CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Long v. GeorgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Byfield v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Whitney v. Wellesley & Boston Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Slaney v. Westwood Auto, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Lowell Bar Ass'n v. LoebMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Cousineau v. LarameeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Quincy Trust Co. v. TaylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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