121 Mass. 347
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 27, 1876
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1876-11-27
Contract on an account annexed against Patrick Coyne and Daniel Briscoe, as copartners. In the Municipal Court of the city of Boston, judgment was rendered for the defendant Briscoe, and for the plaintiff as against the defendant Coyne. Erom this judgment Coyne appealed to the Superior Court, and duly entered his appeal. Neither the plaintiff nor the defendant Briscoe entered an appeal, but Briscoe duly entered his appearance and filed his answer in the Superior Court.
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Decided 1876-11-27
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently March 1909
4 state decisions
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¶1One defendant only having appealed from the judgment of the Municipal Court, the sole issue in the Superior Court was whether he was liable to the plaintiff, and, he admitting his own liability, the plaintiff was entitled to judgment against him, whether his liability was joint or several Gen. Sts. c. 133, § 5. Wiggin v. Lewis, 12 Cush. 486.
¶2Judgment on the verdict.