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FEDERAL INS. CO. v. RONAN

407 Mass. 921 (1990)

556 N.E.2d 80

FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY & another vs. JAMES T. RONAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 11, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Devin (George C. Rockas with him) for the plaintiffs.

Laurence Field (Erik Lund with him) for the defendant.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & GREANEY, JJ.

ABRAMS, J.

We granted the plaintiffs' application for direct appellate review to consider their claim that Mass. R. Civ. P. 25 (a) (1), 365 Mass. 771 (1974), requires the conclusion that their failure to substitute the defendant's executrix within one year of the approval of her bond falls within the excusable neglect provision of Mass. R. Civ. P. 25 (a) (1).3 We agree. We reverse and remand...

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