Legal Opinion
Wood v. Inhabitants of Concord
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 27, 1929PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is an action of contract or tort to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff by the setting back upon his land of the waters of Mill Brook, a natural watercourse, caused by the alleged improper construction and maintenance by the defendant of a bridge over Mill Brook at a public highway in the defendant town known as the Cambridge Turnpike.
There was evidence tending to show that Mill Brook is a natural watercourse; that the plaintiff is an owner of land abutting thereon up the stream from the bridge; that prior to 1918 there had been an old wooden bridge carrying the highway across the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Bolster v. City of LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Duffy v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Johnson v. City of SomervilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Brown v. City of NewburyportMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Simpson v. City of MarlboroughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Malinoski v. D. S. McGrath, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Ryder v. Town of LexingtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Continental Construction Co. v. City of LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Daddario v. City of PittsfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
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