Case Name: FRED C. CHURCH & CO. v. JAMES PACY, JR.
Court: Massachusetts Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1970-04-29
Citations: 46 Mass. App. Dec. 13
Docket Number: No. 7269; No. 1728
Parties: FRED C. CHURCH & CO. v. JAMES PACY, JR.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Appellate Decisions
Volume: 46
Pages: 13–14

Head Matter:
Northern District
No. 7269
FRED C. CHURCH & CO. v. JAMES PACY, JR.
Argued: Mar. 25, 1970
Decided: Apr. 29, 1970
Present: Brooks, P.J., Connolly, J.
No. 1728 of 1968.
Case tried to Cowdrey, J., in the District Court of Lowell
Wallace H. Levy for the Plaintiff.
Albert W. Wunderly for the Defendant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
This appeal is from a ruling of an interlocutory matter (a motion to dismiss) in a case not ripe for judgment.
The report does not clearly appear to be the report of the trial judge. Patrick v. Mikolaitis, 22 Mass. App. Dec. 167; Pokrant v. Horrigan, 20 Mass. App. Dec. 1; Krock v. Consolidated Mines and Power Co., 286 Mass. 177.
The motion to dismiss should be treated as a demurrer. Carmel Credit Union v. Lesser, 344 Mass. 623.
As a demurrer, its grounds would be that the matters contained in the declaration are insufficient in law to enable the plaintiff to maintain its action. GLL. c. 231, § 18.
The case is remanded without prejudice to the District Court of Lowell for a hearing on the demurrer and, if necessary, a trial on the merits.