SULLIVAN v. COMMONWEALTH


365 Mass. 316 (1974)

311 N.E.2d 552

RAYMOND A. SULLIVAN vs. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 15, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Hoddap for the defendant.

Kevin P. Curry, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, & WILKINS, JJ.


BRAUCHER, J.

The petitioner's land was taken by the Commonwealth by eminent domain, and he filed a petition for the assessment of damages. Without his knowledge, judgment was entered for the Commonwealth because he had failed to answer interrogatories. He first learned of the judgment more than five years and eight months after it was entered and filed this petition for a writ of error more than six years after it was entered. We hold that the petition for a writ...

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