Chandler v. Dunlop

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• applying the nullity doctrine where the only defendant named in the original action was dead
• nullity doctrine barred suit where sole party to original complaint had died
• “[T]he writ must have been ‘made out with an unconditional intent to have it served in due course,’ if the date thereof is to be regarded as the commencement of the action. Regan v. Atlantic Ref. Co., 304 Mass. 353, 354 [1939]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

45 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Fuentes v. Tribunal de Distrito de Puerto Rico
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1952-10-17· cited 88×
• Bernier v. Boston Edison Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-04-11· cited 64×
• Baker v. McKnight
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1983-04-13· cited 59×
• Peterson v. Cadogan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1943-01-27· cited 41×
• Burket v. Aldridge, Adm'r
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1966-02-15· cited 32×
• Robinson v. Trustees of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1945-04-05· cited 31×
• Chorney v. Callahan
  D. Massachusetts· 1955-10-19· cited 30×
• Reed v. Long
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1970-05-07· cited 26×
• Barnhart v. Schultz
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1978-02-08· cited 24×
• USTrust Co. v. Kennedy
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-11-23· cited 21×
• King v. Solomon
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1948-10-29· cited 20×
• Farber v. Lubin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1951-03-06· cited 19×
• Couto v. Trustees of New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1942-06-24· cited 16×
• Turner v. Minasian
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-12-16· cited 15×
• Ullian v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1950-01-05· cited 15×
• Greentree v. Fertitta
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-06-23· cited 13×
• Boudreau v. New England Transportation Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1944-02-01· cited 12×
• Holmquist v. Starr
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-04-06· cited 11×
• Scott v. Nance
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1960-11-28· cited 10×
• Duff v. Zonis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1951-05-07· cited 10×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Thayer v. Shorey
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1934-06-25· cited 45×
• Regan v. Atlantic Refining Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-11-28· cited 43×
• Gallagher v. Wheeler
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1935-12-03· cited 40×
• McLaughlin v. West End Street Railway Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1904-06-22· cited 37×
• Rosenblatt v. Foley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1925-04-17· cited 36×
• Johnson v. Carroll
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1930-07-01· cited 33×
• Bateman v. Wood
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1937-06-28· cited 33×
• Parker v. Rich
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1937-03-30· cited 28×
• Westminster National Bank v. Graustein
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1930-03-13· cited 20×
• Barnes v. Barnes
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1935-06-27· cited 19×
• Weiss v. Director General of Railroads
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1924-09-19· cited 12×
• Means v. Leveroni
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1937-03-29· cited 12×
• Noyes v. Bankers Indemnity Insurance
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-12-30· cited 11×
• Crosby v. Harrison
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1874-10-05· cited 10×
• Whiton v. Balch
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1909-11-23· cited 9×
• Johnson v. Johnson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-05-23· cited 9×
• Adams v. Weeks
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1899-06-30· cited 8×
• B. M. C. Durfee Trust Co. v. Turner
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1938-02-01· cited 8×