Legal Opinion
Cleary v. Union Realty Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 25, 1938PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
The plaintiff hired as tenant at will a store from the defendant. Over the door was a framed glass transom, hinged at the bottom. It had a “push rod mechanism which one would push up or down to open and shut it,” but the plaintiff always left the transom closed.
One day the transom fell, and remained hanging from the hinges until pushed back into place. The plaintiff notified one Levin “of the Union Realty” Company, who *313had let the store to her and collected the rent every month, and asked him to have the transom repaired. As a result “a man came over to repair the transom,” and worked on it.…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Massaletti v. FitzroyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Abrams v. Factory Mutual Liability InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Fiorntino v. MasonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Bergeron v. ForestMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Miles v. JanvrinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Beauvais v. Springfield Institution for SavingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Bailey v. First Realty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Skolnick v. East Boston Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Greenway Wood Heel Co. v. John Shea Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Diamond v. SimcovitzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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