Morse v. Woodworth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition to establish the truth of exceptions alleged by Artemas B. Woodworth, in an action of contract brought against him By James N. Morse, and disallowed by Bishop, J., who presided at the trial in the Superior Court. The bill of exceptions as originally tendered to the judge by the petitioner is hereinafter set forth in Roman type.
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Petition to establish the truth of exceptions alleged by Artemas B. Woodworth, in an action of contract brought against him By James N. Morse, and disallowed by Bishop, J., who presided at the trial in the Superior Court. The bill of exceptions as originally tendered to the judge by the petitioner is hereinafter set forth in Roman type. The words enclosed in parentheses are those which this court in the following opinion suggest should be stricken out of the bill as not established, and those enclosed in brackets and printed in Italics are those which this court suggest should be added…
1Opinion of the CourtC. Allen, J.
This is a petition by the defendant in the action of Morse v. Woodworth, to prove a bill of exceptions. At the trial of the action in the Superior Court a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff, and the defendant duly filed a bill of exceptions, which was disallowed by the presiding judge. The defendant, being aggrieved, seeks to establish the truth of the exceptions presented, as he is allowed to do under the Pub. Sts, c. 153, § 13, by a petition to this court.
In the endeavor to come to an agreement before the Superior Court as to the proper form of a bill of exceptions, a draft *241was made by…
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