Legal Opinion

Runnells v. Cassidy

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided October 30, 1940PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtField, C.J.

The plaintiff seeks in this action to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained by him while in the performance of his duties as a police officer of the city of Springfield, resulting from negligence of the defendant in the course of removing a milk wagon from a hole in a street with the aid of a “towing car.” The case was referred to an auditor whose findings of fact were not to be ■ *129final. The auditor found for the plaintiff. The case was tried to a jury upon the auditor’s report and testimony of witnesses, including the plaintiff and the defendant. There was a verdict for the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Pickwick v. McCauliffMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
  2. Hennessey v. MoynihanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
  3. McCarthy v. MorseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
  4. Gagnon v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
  5. Gile v. J. W. Bishop Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Perry v. HanoverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  2. Goldstein v. GontarzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
  3. Kavigian v. LoneroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
  4. Darcey v. Lord & Burnham Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
  5. Shoobridge v. CallahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942

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