Legal Opinion

Murphy's Case

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 18, 1940Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal dismissed. This is a petition filed in the Superior Court by an employee to enforce an alleged agreement approved by the Industrial Accident Board between an employee and his employer, which stands also in the position of insurer. See G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 152, § 6. Such an agreement, if in conformity to law, may be enforced by the Superior Court under the provisions of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 152, § 11, as amended, providing that the Superior Court “shall . . . render a decree in accordance therewith,” but that “there shall be no appeal therefrom . . . where the decree is based upon ... a…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Young v. DuncanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
  2. Sciola's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
  3. London Guarantee & Accident Co. v. SterlingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
  4. Employers' Liability Assurance Ltd. v. DiLeoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
  5. Dempsey's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918

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