Legal Opinion
Peloquin v. Robert Northridge Furniture Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 14, 1958PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
This is an action of tort for negligence commenced in the Central District Court of Worcester by-writ dated June 4, 1956, and removed by the plaintiff to the Superior Court in accordance with the proidsions of G. L. c. 231, § 102B, inserted by St. 1954, c. 616, § 3. The case was tried before a justice of a District Court sitting with jury under G. L. c. 212, § 14B, as appearing in St. 1954, c. 668, § 1, and a verdict returned for the plaintiff. The first of several exceptions taken by the defendant raises the question of the judge’s authority to sit upon the case.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Connecticut Indemnity Co. v. LeeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1948
- Cook v. CrowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Diggins v. TherouxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp., LimitedCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Magoun v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
- Boardman's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Peloquin v. Robert Northridge Furniture Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961