WARD v. PEABODY


380 Mass. 805 (1980)

405 N.E.2d 973

JOHN WILLIAM WARD & others vs. ENDICOTT PEABODY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Dwyer, Jr. (Michael L. Tabak with him) for the petitioners.

Morris M. Goldings (H. Glenn Alberich with him) for the respondent.

Present: HENNESSEY, C, J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, & LIACOS, JJ.


KAPLAN, J.

The Legislature's Special Commission Concerning State and County Buildings (Commission), of which the named plaintiffs are the members, issued a summons to the respondent Endicott Peabody, a member of the Bar, formerly Governor of the Commonwealth, requesting him to appear and testify before the Commission and to produce certain documents in his possession or control. The respondent did not object to appearing in response to the summons, but he declined...

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