Legal Opinion

Dale v. Bedal

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 30, 1940PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.

The plaintiff ¡and the defendant are respectively the owners of the houses upon adjoining lots situated on "Goodwin’s Court” in Marblehead. This suit is now prosecuted solely to establish the plaintiff’s "right by necessity” to maintain and use for the reception of sewage from her house an underground receptacle or "septic tank” located on the defendant’s lot.

In 1928, Mary E. Brown, the mother of the plaintiff, owned both houses. The tank and connecting pipes were then in existence. In that year Mrs. Brown conveyed to the defendant the house and lot now owned by the latter. In the deed Mrs.…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Mt. Holyoke Realty Corp. v. Holyoke Realty Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
  2. Butterworth v. . CrawfordNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
  3. Orpin v. MorrisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
  4. White's v. Carrico's adm'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1859
  5. Buss v. DyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Labounty v. VickersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
  2. Boudreau v. ColemanMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1990
  3. Cheever v. GravesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1992
  4. Adams v. CullenWashington Supreme Court · 1954
  5. Joyce v. DevaneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948

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