Legal Opinion
Young v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 5, 1931PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
These are five actions of tort, brought in the District Court under G. L. c. 160, § 234, to recover damages for the destruction of “ growing trees and sprouts ” and other property of the plaintiffs, in Uxbridge, alleged to have been caused by fire communicated by the locomotive engines of the defendant corporation. There were findings for the plaintiffs, a report to the Appellate Division, which was dismissed, and an appeal to this court by the defendant from such dismissal;
The report was dismissed rightly, since it disclosed no error of the trial court.
G. L. c. 160, § 234, provides that a…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Miller v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Wall v. PlattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Ryan v. HickeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Ainsworth v. LakinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Frazer v. Bigelow Carpet Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Sargent v. Massachusetts Accident Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- City of Boston v. SantosuossoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Belkus v. City of BrocktonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Graustein v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Royal Paper Box Co. v. Munro & Church Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
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