Kelley

How courts have described this case

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

• violation of c. 273, §§ 1-4, is a crime, and punishment, by contempt, for failure to comply with pendente lite order is constitutional
• \A writ of habeas corpus cannot be invoked to perform the purposes of a writ of error\
• sentence for criminal contempt lawfully may be made only to a jail and a sentence to a house of correction is invalid

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Furtado v. Furtado
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-03-14· cited 84×
• Commonwealth v. Town of Hudson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1943-12-29· cited 79×
• Dolan v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-11-28· cited 53×
• Commonwealth v. Twitchell
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-08-11· cited 38×
• Crystal
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1953-12-04· cited 33×
• O'Leary
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1950-01-04· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. Lobo
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-03-02· cited 16×
• Haley v. Troy
  D. Massachusetts· 1972-02-02· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Singleton
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2014-08-12
• Pierce
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2026-02-09

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. McNary
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1923-06-21· cited 69×
• Hurley v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1905-06-21· cited 51×
• Blankenburg v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1930-06-30· cited 30×
• Bishop
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1898-09-21· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Booth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1929-01-30· cited 17×
• Home Investment Co. v. Iovieno
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1923-10-08· cited 8×
• Connors
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1925-11-25· cited 5×