Legal Opinion

Kasper v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 6, 1935PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.

The question at issue is whether the defendant’s milk distributing plant on Pleasant Street in Watertown, as *25carried on by the defendant, is a nuisance from which the plaintiff is entitled to relief in equity.

The master has found that “So much of the plaintiff’s [defendant’s] business as consists of loading milk on wagons and trucks between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. is a nuisance.” This is an ultimate conclusion which embraces not only those findings of fact which must of necessity enter into the decision of such an issue, but also a ruling as to what facts are sufficient in law to constitute a…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Stevens v. Rockport Granite Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
  2. MacLeod v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
  3. Tortorella v. H. Traiser & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
  4. Simpkins v. Old Colony Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
  5. Ferriter v. HerlihyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Dodge v. Anna Jaques HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
  2. Minot v. MinotMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
  3. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. English Construction Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  4. Ottavia v. SavareseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
  5. United Electric Light Co. v. Deliso Construction Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943

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