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MacNeil v. Superior Court

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
May 27, 1959
158 N.E.2d 671 (Mass. 1959)

Opinion

May 27, 1959.

Angus M. MacNeil, pro se.

Richard H. Gens, Assistant Attorney General, for the respondent.


Order sustaining demurrer affirmed. Petition dismissed. To this petition for a writ of mandamus a demurrer was sustained by a single justice, and the petitioner appealed. The purpose of the petition is to compel the respondents to permit the petitioner to practice law before them. The petition alleges that the petitioner has been disbarred by a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court. There was no error. Mandamus cannot be used as a substitute for ordinary appellate procedure. Rines v. Justices of the Superior Court, 330 Mass. 368, 371-372. MacNeil Bros. Co. v. Superior Court, 337 Mass. 772.


Summaries of

MacNeil v. Superior Court

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
May 27, 1959
158 N.E.2d 671 (Mass. 1959)
Case details for

MacNeil v. Superior Court

Case Details

Full title:ANGUS M. MacNEIL vs. SUPERIOR COURT

Court:Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

Date published: May 27, 1959

Citations

158 N.E.2d 671 (Mass. 1959)
339 Mass. 775

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