Finnegan v. Lucy

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that this rule “was and still is very generally held”; collecting early English and American authorities
• “Signing does not necessarily mean a written signature, as distinguished from a signature by mark, by print, by stamp, or by the hand of another.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Irving v. Goodimate Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1946-11-29· cited 41×
• Porter v. R. J. Boyd Paving & Construction Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1908-07-14· cited 30×
• Volpe v. Sensatini
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1924-05-21· cited 19×
• Assessors of Boston v. Neal
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1942-03-30· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-04-01· cited 13×
• JD Loizeaux Lumber Co. v. Davis
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1956-08-03· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-05-17· cited 2×
• Omaha Flour Mills Co. v. Santarpio
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1922-02-28· cited 1×
• Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America v. Grant
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2007-02-18· cited 1×
• Whether the President May Sign a Bill by Directing That His Signature Be Affixed to It
  Office of Legal Counsel· 2005-07-07
• Commonwealth ex rel. Dick v. Blaker
  Delaware County Court of Common Pleas· 1933-06-30
• Commonwealth v. Jose M. Shaw
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2025-07-23

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mackay v. Bloodgood
  New York Supreme Court· 1812-10-15· cited 24×
• Videau v. Griffin
  California Supreme Court· 1863-07-01· cited 21×
• Wellington v. Jackson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1876-10-20· cited 21×
• Irvin v. Thompson
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1816-04-02· cited 11×
• Brayley v. Kelly
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1878-07-02· cited 3×