Legal Opinion
Watts v. Rhodes
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 28, 1950PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
On January 3, 1948, the body of the father of the original plaintiff Charles Watts (who died on December 1, 1949, and whose administratrix now prosecutes this action) was lying, for the purposes of a wake and a funeral, at the funeral home operated by the defendants in Lynn. The plaintiff’s intestate went there, and parked his truck in a parking area in the rear, which was provided by the defendants for the use of persons attending services at the funeral home, and which the defendants preferred to have visitors use instead of leaving their automobiles on the street. A driveway ran from the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- O'Brien v. Harvard Restaurant & Liquor Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Brown v. Town of WinthropMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- DePrizio v. F. W. Woolworth Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Mello v. City of PeabodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Stewart v. Roy Bros. Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
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- Carey v. MalleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
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