Legal Opinion
Silvia v. BLDG. INSPECTOR OF WEST BRIDGEWATER
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 28, 1993No. 92-P-557PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
After a trial without jury, there was a judgment for $27,776.86 in damages, plus $31,423.62 in interest, based on a determination by a Superior Court judge that the defendants, town officials of West Bridgewater, were liable to the plaintiffs for abuse of process, malicious prosecution, and violation of the State Civil Rights Act (G. L. c. 12, § 111). As to each of those causes of action, an essential ingredient is missing, and we reverse the judgment.
The plaintiffs own land off the easterly end of Shagbark Road in West Bridgewater (the locus). 3 Their grievance against the town officials is…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Beecy v. PucciarelliMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Jones v. Brockton Public Markets, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Quaranto v. SilvermanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- Powers v. LenoMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1987
- Lincoln v. SheaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Vittands v. SudduthMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2000
- Conway v. SmerlingMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1994
- Freeman v. Planning BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Yacubian v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2014
- McCarthy v. City of NewburyportCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
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