Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 9/17/1940

Peterson v. Hopson

Citations

306 Mass. 597
29 N.E.2d 140
132 A.L.R. 1
1940 Mass. LEXIS 972

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

“A judge should hesitate to undo his own work ... Still more should he hesitate to undo the work of another judge.”
“[A] court orjudge is not bound to reconsider a case, an issue, or a question of fact or law, once decided”
the power to reconsider “an issue, or a question of fact or law, once decided, . . . remains in the court until final judgment or decree”
“When there has been no change of circumstances and no new evidence, a court is not required even to entertain, much less hold a hearing, on a reconsideration motion.”
“A question of law not seasonably and properly saved, cannot be revived by the simple expedient of bringing it forward again, demanding a second ruling, and claiming an exception or appeal from that second ruling”
“[tjhough there is no duty to reconsider a case, an issue, or a question of fact or law, once decided, the power to do so remains in the court until final judgment or decree”

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