Legal Opinion

Allen v. Kidd

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 25, 1908PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLosing, J.

This is an action of tort for a trespass quare claw-sum fregit, in which the defendant had a verdict, and the case is here on exceptions taken by the plaintiff.

The plaintiff and the defendant were the owners of adjoining lots, as shown on the accompanying plan.

The width of the defendant’s lot was forty-one feet in place of the thirty-six feet shown on the plan, five feet of the Wright lot having been bought by her after she bought the Kidd lot thirty-six feet wide, shown on the plan.

The plaintiff’s contention was that the defendant’s building on Broadway was north of the division line between…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bishop v. Journal Newspaper Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
  2. Beal v. Lowell & Dracut Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
  3. Pells v. WebquishMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SlavskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
  2. Wiley v. WoodsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  3. MacEwan v. HOLMOregon Supreme Court · 1961
  4. New England Box Co. v. C & R Construction Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  5. Amory v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947

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