Legal Opinion
Sypher v. Director General of Railroads
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 10, 1923PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
This action of tort arose out of a collision at a private railroad crossing near Randolph, resulting in damage to the plaintiff’s property. One Willard was the owner of the land on both sides of the crossing. The northern boundary of Willard’s estate was a public highway known as North Street, from which the way in question ran through his property, over the crossing *570to his land on the other side. He testified that he had used the way over the railroad “to get to his farm on the south side of the track; . . . known as ‘the meadows’; that it was used for hauling hay over the railroad and for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Chenery v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Wright v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- Bowler v. MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- June v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Murphy v. Avery Chemical Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
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3Cited by10 opinions
- McCarthy v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Couto v. Trustees of New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Davis v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Cooley v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- O'BRIEN v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
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