· 10/30/1992
Jones v. Manns
Citations
- 602 N.E.2d 217
- 33 Mass. App. Ct. 485
- 1992 Mass. App. LEXIS 869
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that, when appealing party timely filed appeal in court lacking jurisdiction due to court clerk’s alleged incorrect advice and statements of trial judge consistent with that advice, appeal would be transferred to the court having jurisdiction
- transfer of appeal filed in wrong court; case “involves meritorious issues, in the usual sense of that phrase in appellate practice,” i.e., “worthy of presentation to a court” [citation omitted]
- appellate rights preserved although appeal lodged in wrong court
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Judges: Armstrong, Dreben, Ireland
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