Legal Opinion
Brown v. Town of Winthrop
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 4, 1930PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
These actions of tort are against the town of Winthrop and one Sargent, a contractor, to recover for injuries sustained by the plaintiff in falling on the westerly sidewalk of Revere Street in Winthrop on October 3, 1926. In each case a verdict was directed for the defendant.
It appeared that the town of Winthrop made a contract with Sargent to widen Revere Street, which was a public way. There was no “formal vote of the selectmen . . . closing Revere Street.” Sargent began work “after Labor *324Day in September, 1926.” Number 440 Revere Street is on the westerly side, and its location was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brooks v. Inhabitants of SomervilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Campbell v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Stoliker v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Connelly v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Burt v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
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3Cited by8 opinions
- United Electric Light Co. v. Deliso Construction Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Brown v. Town of WinthropMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Brocklesby v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Hampson v. LarkinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Pratt v. City of PeabodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
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