Legal Opinion
McKay v. Coolidge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 23, 1914PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKxtgg, C. J.
This is a suit in equity brought in January, 1913, to collect from legatees under the will of Joseph A. Willard damages sustained through the alleged negligence of Mr. Willard, as clerk of the Superior Court for the County of Suffolk. The material averments of the bill are that Mr. Willard as clerk negligently failed to keep accurate records respecting the case of Wetmore v. ICarrick and to notify the presiding judge of the standing of the case, whereby it was dismissed in.June, 1899, upon a general calling of the docket, as a case in which no action had been taken within the preceding year…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Lightner Mining Co. v. LaneCalifornia Supreme Court · 1911
- Bank of Hartford County v. WatermanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1857
- Karrick v. WetmoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- The United States v. James and John G. Daniel, Executors of Beverly Daniel, Late U. S. MarshalSupreme Court of the United States · 1847
- State ex rel. Cardin v. McClellanTennessee Supreme Court · 1904
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Ingo v. KochCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- Norwood Trust Co. v. Twenty-Four Federal Street Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Beacon Trust Co. v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Industrial Chrome Platino Co. v. NorthOregon Supreme Court · 1944
- State ex rel. Fehrenbach v. LoganMissouri Court of Appeals · 1916
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