Legal Opinion
Choate v. Town of Sharon
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 20, 1927PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugo, C.J.
This is a suit in equity wherein the plaintiffs seek to restrain the defendant from entering upon land alleged to belong to them, and to recover damages. The case was reported by the trial judge upon the sole question whether his ruling was correct to the effect that the taking made by the defendant on May 15,1924, was valid. A subsidiary ruling as to the exclusion of evidence also is reported.
The facts found by the judge with respect to all matters must be accepted as true and final, because the evidence on which they are based is not reported.
At a town meeting of the defendant held on…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Byfield v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity v. PufferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Bailey v. Inhabitants of WoburnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Wood v. Inhabitants of MiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Diamond v. Inhabitants of North AttleboroughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Hatchett v. City of GlasgowCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1960
- Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. v. GoveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Broderick v. Department of Mental DiseasesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Peabody v. DymszaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Mayor & Aldermen of TauntonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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