Opinion

Robinson v. Wm. Brown & Sons Co.

  • 301 Mass. 316
  • 17 N.E.2d 153
  • 1938 Mass. LEXIS 1036
Court
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Filed
Oct 25, 1938
Status
Published
Cited by
5 cases
Authority
More cited than 84.0%

The opinion

By the Court.

This action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries was brought in a district court. There was a finding for the defendant and a report to the Appellate Division. Thereafter the defendant made a motion that the report be dismissed for failure to prosecute it in accordance with the rules of the court. The plaintiff made motions for an extension of time for filing his brief and for “an extension of time for filing copies of the final report and other necessary papers to the appeal of said case.” See Rule 28 and Rule 31 of the Rules of the District Courts (1932). The Appellate Division denied the defendant’s motion and allowed the plaintiff’s motions, and filed a decision: “Prejudicial error found, new trial ordered.” *317 The defendant claimed an appeal from the denial of its motion, the allowance of the plaintiff’s motions and the decision of the Appellate Division.

The appeal must be dismissed. It is here prematurely. The orders and decision of the Appellate Division were all interlocutory. There has been no “final decision” of the Appellate Division, from which alone an appeal to this court lies. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 109. Real Property Co. Inc. v. Pitt, 230 Mass. 526 . Matson v. Sbrega, 250 Mass. 138 . Endicott Johnson Corp. v. Hurwitz, 284 Mass. 378 . See Buchannan v. Meisner, 279 Mass. 457, 458-459 .

Appeal dismissed.

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