Everyone knows that the District Court has jurisdiction over cases “only if there is no reasonable likelihood that recovery by the plaintiff will exceed $25,000.” G. L. c. 218, § 19. If the amount in controversy will be more than $25,000, the Superior Court has...
Civil Procedure
Expanded Subject Matter Jurisdiction of the Appellate Division of the District Court
The Appeals Court has concluded that the Appellate Division of the District Court Department of the Trial Courts has jurisdiction to hear a G.L. c. 40A, § 17 appeal from the District Court, based upon the extension of equity jurisdiction to the district courts over...