Case Name: Angus M. MacNeil vs. Superior Court
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1959-05-27
Citations: 339 Mass. 775
Docket Number: 
Parties: Angus M. MacNeil vs. Superior Court.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 339
Pages: 775–775

Head Matter:
Angus M. MacNeil vs. Superior Court.
May 27, 1959.
Angus M. MacNeil, pro se.
Richard H. Gens, Assistant Attorney General, for the respondent.

Opinion:
Order sustaining demurrer affirmed. Petition dismissed. To this petition for a writ of mandamus a demurrer was sustained by a single justice, and the petitioner appealed. The purpose of the petition is to compel the respondents to permit the petitioner to practise law before them. The petition alleges that the petitioner has been disbarred by a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court. There was no error. Mandamus cannot be used as a substitute for ordinary appellate procedure. Rines v. Justices of the Superior Court, 330 Mass. 368, 371-372. MacNeil Bros. Co. v. Superior Court, 337 Mass. 772.