Legal Opinion
Belli v. Forsyth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 14, 1938PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
This action is to recover for property damage which resulted when the plaintiff's automobile was struck by an automobile driven by the defendant.
The plaintiff had lent his automobile to his mother and his sister. It was being operated at the time of the accident in his absence at the direction of one or the other of these bailees and not on the plaintiff’s business or for his benefit. On the same day on which this action was brought the bailees brought actions against the defendant for personal injuries tó themselves, but made no claim in their declarations for any damage to the plaintiff's…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Bresnick v. HeathMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Nash v. LangMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Gibbons v. DenoncourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Johnson v. Inhabitants of HolyokeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Tripp v. National Shawmut BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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3Cited by23 opinions
- New England Box Co. v. C & R Construction Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Associates Discount Corp. v. GillineauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Theriault v. PierceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Atlantic Finance Corp. v. GalvamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Morris Plan Co. v. Hillcrest Farms Dairy, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
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