Legal Opinion

Maloof v. Abdallah

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 22, 1914PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Contract against one of the sureties on a bond given by the husband of the plaintiff in proceedings in the Probate Court for the County of Suffolk upon a petition of the plaintiff under R. L. c. 153, § 33, for separate support.

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Contract against one of the sureties on a bond given by the husband of the plaintiff in proceedings in the Probate Court for the County of Suffolk upon a petition of the plaintiff under R. L. c. 153, § 33, for separate support. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated March 24, 1911. On appeal to the Superior Court the case was tried before Aiken, C. J., who found that judgment should be entered for the plaintiff in the penal sum of the bond, to wit, $1,000, with interest from the date of the writ, and further determined that the sum due and payable in equity and good…

1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.

It hardly is denied that this is a valid bond. It was given to dissolve an attachment made upon a petition filed in the Probate Court by the plaintiff, under R. L. c. 153, § 33. It was conditioned for the payment of whatever final judgment should be entered in that action,—which of course must mean whatever sums her husband, the respondent in that petition, should be ordered by the court to pay her for her support. Such an order was made by that court, and was not appealed from by either party. The order remained in full force and effect, except so far as it was modified by a later decree of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. McIlroy v. McIlroyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
  2. Harmon v. WestonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
  3. Hill v. HillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
  4. Downs v. FlandersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
  5. Inhabitants of Brookfield v. ReedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Rosa v. RosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
  2. Coe v. CoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
  3. Dunnington v. DunningtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949

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