Legal Opinion
Boston & Maine Railroad v. Construction MacHinery Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 3, 1963PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
The railroad seeks by this bill in equity to obtain specific enforcement of certain undertakings 1 of its grantee (to remove snow and ice from the railroad’s ramps and platforms and to light them). These undertakings were set out in a deed, dated December 28, 1960, to Construction Machinery Corporation (Construction), by which the railroad conveyed to Construction land (parcel 1), in- eluding the Winchester railroad station, on the west side of the railroad. The undertakings were expressed as covenants and, for convenience, are referred to as “the covenants.” Parcel 1 did not include the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Snow v. Van DamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Harrington v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Norcross v. JamesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Forbes v. ThorpeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Whittenton Manufacturing Co. v. StaplesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Choate, Hall & Stewart v. SCA Services, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Merrill v. Kirkland Construction Co., Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Day v. McEwenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- Guillette v. Daly Dry Wall, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Bettencourt v. BettencourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
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