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Bratton v. Rudnick

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided July 3, 1933PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRtjgg, C.J.

These actions of tort are brought to recover compensation for damages to property alleged to have arisen because the defendant, owner of a dam, bulkhead, headgate, and underground sluiceway across Green River in Williamstown with the right to maintain the same and their appurtenances to conduct the impounded waters to a mill owned by him, in fact maintained them in a defective condition with the result that they gave way, and the escaping waters caused damages to the property of the several plaintiffs. Each declaration contained two counts, the first founded upon negligence of the defendant…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Gleeson v. Virginia Midland RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  2. Lowell v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
  3. Falk v. FinkelmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
  4. Shipley v. Fifty AssociatesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
  5. Gorham v. GrossMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Baggs v. HirschfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
  2. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. English Construction Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  3. United Electric Light Co. v. Deliso Construction Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  4. The Clark-Aiken Co. v. Cromwell-Wright Co. Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  5. Wainwright v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935

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