Clapp v. Clapp
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Blodgett, J., after a verdict for the plaintiff, the defendant moved for a new trial. The judge overruled the motion; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, C. J.
When a civil case is carried by appeal from the judgment of a trial justice to the Superior Court, the appellant is to produce in the Superior Court a copy of the record and of the papers in the case. When the appeal is from the judgment of a municipal, police, or district court, the clerk or justice is to transmit to the clerk of the Superior Court the original writ or process, and all papers filed in the case, and a brief certificate of the proceedings. Pub. Sts. c. 155, § 34; c. 154, §§ 40-43.
The case is tried in the Superior Court upon the copy or writ thus produced or transmitted, and…
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