Court Opinion

ID: 6430198
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-06-25 12:07:31.253662+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:52:09.616891
License: Public Domain

Knowlton, C. J.
This is a petition, brought by a husband under the St. 1906, c. 129, against his wife, alleging that she has deserted him, and is now living apart from him without justifiable cause. From a decree in favor of the petitioner an appeal was taken to the Supreme Judicial Court, and a motion to dismiss the appeal has been filed, on the ground that it should have been taken to the Superior Court. This statute contains no provision in regard to appeals, and the question must be decided under previously existing laws.
By the R. L. c. 162, § 8, the Supreme Judicial Court is given “ appellate jurisdiction of all matters which are determinable by the probate courts and by the judges thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided.” Express provision is made for appellate jurisdiction in the Superior Court over certain matters from the Probate Court, by the R. L. c. 162, § 18, c. 142, § 11, *137and c. 86, § 28. Some of these are very similar in character to that embraced in the present petition, and if special consideration were to be given to the subject, it might be expected, following the analogies of similar statutes, that provision would be made for taking appeals under the statute of 1906, c. 129, to the Superior Court. But in the absence of any express provision touching this particular subject, it must be governed by the B. L. c. 162, § 8. The motion must be denied.

Case to stand for hearing.