Barney & Carey Co. v. Milton Taxi Service, Inc.

This action to recover $85.00 for damage to the plaintiff’s property on June 15, 1966 was brought under the small claims procedure. G.L. c. 218, §§ 21-25, as amended in § 21 by St. 1963, c. 810, § 3, which confers the rule making power upon the chief justice of the district courts, and by St. 1964, c. 496, § 1 which increases the jurisdictional amount to $150.00. See also St. 1967, c. 21 further increasing the jurisdictional amount to $200.00 on October 1,1967.

The defendant, as third party plaintiff, impleaded Catherine M. Reilly as third party defendant. See G-.L. c. 231, § 4B added by St.…