Legal Opinion
Struett v. Arlington Trust Co.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided November 13, 1986PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, J.
At issue in this appeal is the consequence, in the circumstances, of the failure of the defendant’s counsel to notify the court of a change of his address. Mass.R.Civ.P. 11(d), 365 Mass. 754 (1974).
A statement of the relevant procedural history of this case, which lingered in the Superior Court from complaint to final judgment for over ten and one-half years, is necessary. The plaintiff filed a complaint on July 9, 1975, alleging breach of an employment contract. The defendant answered and counterclaimed on August 1, 1975. On that pleading, the defendant’s counsel listed his address as 84…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Parrell v. KeenanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Russell Blois, in His Own Behalf and in Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Elmer O. Friday, Chairman, Florida Industrial Relations CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Bird v. RossMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Ellis v. Safety InsuranceMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996
- Tibbitts v. WisniewskiMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1989
- Fidelity Trust Co. v. BrennanMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1993
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- Tynan v. NelsonMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1996
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