Legal Opinion
Mulvaney v. City of Worcester
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 30, 1935PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
The attorney for the plaintiff opened the case with some fulness, apparently stating all the facts relied on to create a cause of action. The judge, upon the opening, ordered a verdict for the defendant on each count of the declaration, and the plaintiff excepted. Thereupon the plaintiff sought to "support” the opening by an offer of proof, but the judge said, "The court rules upon the opening, and assumes in so ruling that the offer of proof would substantiate the opening.” The plaintiff apparently excepted to the refusal of the judge to consider the offer of proof, but did not suggest that…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- McKenna v. AndreassiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Meeney v. DoyleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Commonwealth v. MorrisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Farnham v. Lenox Motor Car Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Warner v. Mayor of TauntonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Caissie v. City of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Kralik v. LeClairMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Douglas v. WhittakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Chalfen v. KraftMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Burns v. BarryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
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