Legal Opinion

O'Hara v. McNamara

Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division

Decided January 10, 1941Published

1Opinion of the CourtMason, J.

This is an action of tort by which the plaintiff seeks to recover for property damage to certain rugs in his home incurred as a result of the negligence of the defendant in the operation of a motor vehicle on a public highway.

The answer is a general denial and a plea of contributory negligence.

The Trial Court found for the plaintiff and assessed damages in the sum of sixty-five dollars. The Trial Court made no written finding of facts, and, in violation of the Rules of the District Courts, made no written statement of his action upon the defendant’s requests for rulings. This was in legal…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Lake v. Atlantic WorksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
  2. Stone v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
  3. Falk v. FinkelmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
  4. Daniels v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
  5. Wallace v. LudwigMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935

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