Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1913

Currier v. MacDonald

Currier v. MacDonald
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided January 28, 1913 · Hammond
213 Mass. 363
Currier v. MacDonald

Cases that cite this one

2 later published cases cite this decision.

This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.

Opinion of the Court

Hammond, J.

Apparently the only question of fact really in dispute was whether, as contended by the defendant, “the plaintiff had actual notice of the bankruptcy proceedings in time to prove his claim.”

The facts stated in the record of the poor debtor court had only a very remote bearing, if any, upon that question. Moreover, while the presiding judge declined to admit the record, he permitted the defendant to introduce other evidence as to everything that took place in those proceedings, including the details of the continuances, "and such other evidence was introduced.” It does not appear that the facts stated in the record were in dispute. Even if the exclusion was erroneous, the defendant does not show he was thereby prejudiced. On the contrary the fair and legitimate inference from the bill of exceptions is that he was not prejudiced.

Exceptions overruled.

Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.