Tolson v. Shemligian’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hudson v. Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Ass'n · Third National Bank of Hampden County v. CONT. INS. CO · Locke v. Slater · 18 Mass. App. Ct. 341 - Maloney v. Sargisson · Third National Bank v. Continental Insurance
Most-quoted passages
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“Any party to the transferred action aggrieved by the finding or decision may as of right have the case retransferred for determination by the superior court... A party shall be held to waive any right to jury trial previously claimed, unless within ten days after the filing of the finding or decision in the superior court he shall file a statement that he insists on a jury trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.