Legal Opinion
Friend Bros. v. Seaboard Surety Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 30, 1944PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
The plaintiff seeks specific performance of an oral agreement to issue and deliver a policy of insurance. The case was heard on a statement of agreed facts and the judge at the request of counsel reserved and reported the case to this court without decision. See G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 214, § 31.
The pertinent facts are these. The plaintiff is an employer subject to the provisions of the workmen’s compensation act (G. L. [Ter. Ed.] c. 152, as amended). By § 25A of this act (inserted by St. 1943, c. 529, § 7) the plaintiff must provide workmen’s compensation benefits for its employees and is given…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Tayloe v. Merchants' Fire Ins. Co. of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
- Butterick Publishing Co. v. FisherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Baile v. St. Joseph Fire & Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
- Tilton v. City of HaverhillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Allemannia Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh v. Firemen's Ins. Co. of Baltimore Ex Rel. WolfeSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Rigs v. SokolMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Attorney General v. Trustees of Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Carol A. GibbsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- Roxse Homes, Inc. v. Roxse Homes Ltd. PartnershipDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1988
- London Clothes, Ltd. v. Maryland Casualty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
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