Legal Opinion
Agostini v. North Adams Gas Light Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 26, 1928PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSanderson, J.
These three suits, brought to compel the defendant to remove wires and a tower from land of the respective plaintiffs and for other relief, were consolidated by order of the Superior Court and referred to a master.
The master found that the defendant, in 1925, entered upon the land described in the respective bills, dug up the soil to the depth of five feet, and in this excavation constructed a concrete block approximately sixteen feet square. On this base a metal tower about forty-five feet high was erected from which are suspended three bare copper wires, each designed to carry twenty-two…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Clark v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- Allard v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1859
- Battelle v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Googins v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Flower v. Town of BillericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
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