· 4/16/1985
Guardianship of Hurley
Citations
- 476 N.E.2d 941
- 394 Mass. 554
- 1985 Mass. LEXIS 1448
How courts have described this case
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- observing that the docket sheet reflected that the plaintiff filed a motion to amend his petition over five months after he actually filed it
- observing that the docket sheet reflected that the plaintiff filed a motion to amend his petition over five months after he actually filed it
- “an amendment, which states an additional cause of action arising from the same underlying facts, is proper”
- with respect to Federal attorney’s fee provision in 42 U.S.C. § 1988, “[a] complaint need not mention explicitly the underlying statute as long as the elements of a cause of action are pleaded”
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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch
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