Legal Opinion
Ducey v. Brunell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 17, 1924PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is an action to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while a traveller on a public way through being struck by an automobile ambulance owned by the town of Webster and driven by William G. Haggerty. The plaintiff brought an action against the town, on this same cause of action, in which it was decided that there could be no recovery because the operation of the ambulance was ultra vires the town. Ducey v. Webster, 237 Mass. 497.
The case is now submitted upon agreed facts in substance as follows: The present defendants were the selectmen of the town of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Bolster v. City of LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Roosen v. Peter Bent Brigham HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Moynihan v. ToddMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Johnson v. City of SomervilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Barry v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Trum v. Town of PaxtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- Selectmen of Milton v. Justice of the District CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Fulgoni v. JohnstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Wood v. Inhabitants of ConcordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Patterson v. BarnesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
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