Legal Opinion
Crowell v. Cape Cod Ship Canal Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 6, 1895PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
The St. of 1883, c. 259, incorporating the Cape Cod Ship Canal Company, by § 19, provides for a deposit by the defendant of the sum of $200,000 with the Treasurer of the Commonwealth, and that “ the Supreme Judicial Court shall have jurisdiction in equity to apply said deposit to the payment of any damages caused by the laying out, construction, and maintenance of said canal, and for all claims against said company for labor performed or furnished, and for land or materials taken or used in the construction of said canal.”
The plaintiffs have recovered a judgment against the Cape Cod Ship…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Richmond v. IronsSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Hallett & Davis v. HallettNew York Court of Chancery · 1829
- Smith v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Libby v. NorrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
3Cited by4 opinions
- Bank of California v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
- Shirk v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Gulda v. Second National BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Wickwire Spencer Steel Corp. v. United Spring Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924