Legal Opinion
Creed v. Apog
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 14, 1979PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
The defendants in this case provided a surety company bond to dissolve an attachment which the plaintiffs had placed on their property. The defendants prevailed on the merits and sought to recover as part of their costs the sum of $19,500 which they had expended, in addition to the surety company premiums, in procuring a letter of credit which the company required as collateral before issuing the bond. A judge of the Superior Court ruled that as matter of law that sum was not recoverable as part of costs. That ruling was affirmed by the Appeals Court and we granted further appellate review…
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3Cited by34 opinions
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