Lawrence Savings Bank v. Garabedian

This appeal presents only one issue: whether a single justice of this court abused his discretion when he denied the defendants’ motion for a second enlargement of time in which to file their brief. We discern no abuse of discretion warranting relief.

Facts and procedural background. The case underlying the present appeal, Lawrence Savings Bank v. Garabedian, is cur*158rently pending in this court.5 We briefly rehearse the undisputed history of that appeal to provide some context for the issue presently before us.

On March 26, 1991, Lawrence Savings Bank (bank) filed suit against the defendants,…