Legal Opinion
Sellew v. Tuttle's Millinery Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 27, 1946PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, which was taken under leave reserved. Thereafter the judge entered a verdict for the defendant. The case comes here on the plaintiff’s exceptions to this action, to various rulings on evidence, and to the denial of her motion for a new trial based on the inadequacy of damages.
The jury could have found these facts: On July 6, 1939, about noontime, the plaintiff and her sister entered the defendant’s millinery store, and, pursuant to an invitation by one of the saleswomen, went upstairs to the second floor where for about thirty-five to forty…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bendett v. BendettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Burgess v. GiovannucciMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Chadwick & Carr Co. v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Connolly v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Deignan v. LubarskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Poirier v. Town of PlymouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. GreenbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Commonwealth v. DeBroskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Fisher v. SwartzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
- W. W. Britton Inc. v. S. M. Hill Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
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