Lord v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles

• Decision Date: 31 May 1963
• Citation: 346 Mass. 764,190 N.E.2d 893
• Parties: Herbert LORD v. REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
• Court: United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Supreme Court

Page 893

190 N.E.2d 893

346 Mass. 764

Herbert LORD v. REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

Argued May 8, 1963.

Decided May 31, 1963.

Herbert Lord, pro se.

James J. Kelleher, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Before WILKINS, C. J., and WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, SPIEGEL, and REARDON, JJ.

RESCRIPT.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to compel the registrar of motor vehicles for the Commonwealth to 'allow' the petitioner to inspect the report of an operator of a vehicle involved in a collision. The record reveals the following statement by the judge below: 'I find by the petitioner's admission in open court at the hearing * * * that petitioner has had the opportunity to inspect, and has in fact inspected, the report referred to in the within petition to the extent herein demanded. Accordingly, the petition is hereby dismissed.' The judge rightly exercised his discretion.

Order affirmed.