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Leibowitz v. Buehler Realty Trust

Massachusetts Appellate Division, Southern District
Feb 17, 1988
1988 Mass. App. Div. 26 (Mass. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

Opinion

February 17, 1988.

Present: Black, P.J., Dolan Hurley, JJ.

Practice, Civil, Petition to establish report; Dist./Mun. Cts. R. Civ. P., Rules 64(a) and (b).

Report of court's denial of plaintiff's petition to establish report. Action heard in the Brookline Division by Shubow, J.

Esther Leibowitz, pro se.

George Goverman for the defendants.



This case involves a petition to establish a report filed by the petitioner, pro se, in which she contends that the trial judge who heard a civil matter in which she was the defendant erroneously excluded evidence and placed undue weight upon certain evidence received during the trial. The petition fails to give any specifics concerning the cause of action. Clearly however, no claim of report was made during the trial as to any of the judge's rulings on the admissibility of evidence and no report was filed in accordance with Dist./Mun. Cts. R. Civ. P., Rule 64 (a). Likewise there is no indication that requests for rulings of law were filed at the conclusion of the trial and before closing argument in conformity with Dist./Mun. Cts. R. Civ. P., Rule 64(b).

In summary, the petitioner articulates numerous claims of error concerning the conduct of the trial by the judge, none of which appear to present a question of law. In any event, none have been properly preserved for appellate review. Therefore, even if the petition were allowed, the petitioner could not ultimately prevail. (see Sperberg v. Allstate Inc. Co., 58 Mass. App. Dec. 137 (1976)). Consequently, the petition to establish a report is denied.


Summaries of

Leibowitz v. Buehler Realty Trust

Massachusetts Appellate Division, Southern District
Feb 17, 1988
1988 Mass. App. Div. 26 (Mass. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)
Case details for

Leibowitz v. Buehler Realty Trust

Case Details

Full title:Esther Leibowitz vs. Buehler Realty Trust and others

Court:Massachusetts Appellate Division, Southern District

Date published: Feb 17, 1988

Citations

1988 Mass. App. Div. 26 (Mass. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

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See Sperberg v. Allstate Insurance Company, 58 Mass. App. Dec. 137 (1976), Leibowitz v. Buehler Realty Trust,…