Legal Opinion
vanDresser v. Firlings
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 22, 1940PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
This action arises out of an automobile accident which occurred on a highway in Auburn on August 14, *521937. The trial judge denied a request by the defendant for a ruling that the plaintiff’s automobile was "illegally registered” and was "a trespasser upon the ways of the Commonwealth. ’ ’
The plaintiff, a portrait painter, was a resident of Florida. His automobile was registered there and bore a Florida registration plate. He was not operating under any permit from the registrar of motor vehicles. On July 1, 1937, he drove into this Commonwealth and drew a portrait while here. The next…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- MacDonald v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Bellenger v. MonahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- Malloy v. NewmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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