Greenlaw v. Rodick

This case is before us upon plaintiffs’ appeal from an order of the justice below allowing defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment.

We are constrained to state, at the outset, that the pleadings of the plaintiffs leave much to be desired and have opened the door to the procedural confusion which has apparently attended this case.

Although the New Rules of Civil Procedure went into effect on December 1, 1959, the pleadings of the plaintiffs appear to be in the old common law form. The original pleadings allege in substance that the defendant purchased a certain building in Falmouth on March 20,…