Legal Opinion

Hayes v. Dunphy

Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division

Decided January 12, 1983Published

1Opinion of the CourtWelsh, J.

This is a civil action based upon an account annexed for money had and received. The complaint alleges, in substance, that the defendant, Dolores Dunphy, received payments from the Puritan Life Insurance Company for the benefit of the plaintiff and another beneficiary2 in her capacity as trustee and converted the proceeds to her own use; that the amount so converted is $2,976.47 and that the plaintiff is entitled to judgment in said amount with interest from the date of said conversion.

No answer or other responsive pleading was filed. A default and default judgment was entered in the sum of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Johnson v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  2. City of Boston v. SantosuossoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
  3. Flye v. HallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
  4. Medford Red Cab, Inc. v. DuncanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
  5. Sewall v. PatchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882

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