Legal Opinion
Kennedy v. Cherry & Webb Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 28, 1929PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
This is an action of tort for personal injuries resulting to the plaintiff from a fall in the defendant’s store in Lowell. It was tried before a judge of the Superior Court and a jury. The judge directed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant, and reported the case “for the determination of the question whether there was any evidence of defendant’s negligence requiring the submission of this case to the jury. If there was any evidence of defendant’s negligence, plaintiff is to be entitled to a new trial, otherwise judgment to be entered for defendant.”
The evidence reported is as…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Ware v. Evangelical Baptist Benevolent & Missionary SocietyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Hoyt v. WoodburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Lord v. Sherer Dry Goods Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Hendricken v. MeadowsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Ginns v. C. T. Sherer Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
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3Cited by28 opinions
- McKay v. Morgan Memorial Cooperative Industries & Stores, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Sterns v. Highland Hotel Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Crone v. Jordan Marsh Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Heina v. Broadway Fruit Market, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Hudson v. F. W. Woodworth Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
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