Court Opinion

ID: 9290548
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-29 17:05:27.964496+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:13:09.083206
License: Public Domain

Adlow, C. J.

In this action commenced by-trustee process the plaintiff seeks to recover on a promissory note in the amount of $1,000. The ad damnum is in excess of $1,000. There is a statement in the body of the writ that the action is “for money due under a contract in writing”. In the declaration the plaintiff set forth a copy of the note on which she based her claim. The defendant filed a motion to dismiss the action and for reason alleged that under the provisions of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 246, §1, as amended by St. 1943, c. 17, the filing of a bond was a prerequisite to the commencement of a valid action, and that the failure of the plaintiff to file such a bond deprived the court of jurisdiction. The court having denied this motion, the defendant brings this appeal.
The clear and unequivocal language of G. L. (Ter. Ed.), c. 246, §1, as amended, excludes from the operation of this act any "writ which contains a statement that the action is for money due under a contract in writing.” Having taken the precaution to allege in the body of her writ that the claim is for "money due under a contract in writing”, the plaintiff, by virtue of the exemption provided by the statute, became entitled to commence her suit by trustee process without filing a bond. Farber v. Lubin, 327 Mass. 128.
We are unable to discover any valid or plausible basis on which the defendant’s claim can be maintained.

Report dismissed,