Legal Opinion
Inhabitants of Southborough v. Boston & Worcester Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 12, 1924PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is an action of contract. The declaration contains a single count. It sets forth a written instrument dated August 19, 1902, wherein, after a recital of the granting on that day of a location to the defendant on certain highways in the town of Southborough, the defendant agreed amongst several other stipulations to pay to the plaintiff the sum of $900 annually “with such sum in excess thereof as would equal its excise tax payable to said Town were all *236its tracks therein located in public ways.” The plaintiff, in consideration of all these agreements by the defendant, agreed to “take such…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Crowe v. BixbyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Gallagher v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Nash v. WebberMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Nevins v. City Council of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Selectmen of Clinton v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Bloom v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Morrison v. Selectmen of WeymouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Pittsfield & North Adams Railroad v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Bray v. HickmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Trustees of Andover Theological Seminary v. Visitors of the Theological InstitutionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
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