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Tryton v. Merrill
116 Mass. 299
Mass.
1874
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Gray, C. J.

No allegation of facts not stated or denied by the trustee having been filed, his answers to the scire facias, like the answers of a trustee in the original suit, were to be considered as true, the questions arising thereon were to be decided by the court, and there was no issue which could lawfully be submitted to a jury. Gen. Sts. c. 142, §§ 11, 12, 42. Thompson v. Lowell Machine Shop, 4 Cush. 431. Winsted Bank v. Adams, 97 Mass. 110. Cardany v. New England Furniture Co. 107 Mass. 116. Fay v. Sears, 111 Mass. 154.

There was therefore nothing in the case which could be brought to this court by report. Bearce v. Bowker, 115 Mass. 129. Commonwealth v. Dowdican’s Bail, Ib. 133. Hubner v. Hoffmann, 106 Mass. 346. The submission to the jury of an issue which was by law triable by the court only could not enable the court below to refer questions of law to this court in a mode limited by the statutes to cases triable by a jury. Haas v. Harrington, ante, 135. Report dismissed.

Case Details

Case Name: Tryton v. Merrill
Court Name: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Date Published: Nov 14, 1874
Citation: 116 Mass. 299
Court Abbreviation: Mass.
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