Legal Opinion

Joyce v. Devaney

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided April 1, 1948PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.

The plaintiffs by this bill in equity seek to restrain the defendants from interfering with their use of a *545common driveway; they also ask that their rights in the driveway be determined. The answer of the defendants included a counterclaim in which they ask that the plaintiffs be restrained from trespassing on their land. The case was referred to a master whose report, to which there were no objections, was confirmed by an interlocutory decree. The case comes here on the plaintiffs’ appeal from a final decree.

We summarize the findings of the master as follows: On April 30, 1931, MacNeil Bros.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Mt. Holyoke Realty Corp. v. Holyoke Realty Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
  2. Orpin v. MorrisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
  3. Gorton-Pew Fisheries Co. v. TolmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
  4. Dale v. BedalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
  5. Webber v. VogelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. D'AMATO v. WeissSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1954
  2. Jackson v. KnottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
  3. Krinsky v. HoffmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
  4. Brassard v. FlynnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
  5. Perodeau v. O'CONNORMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957

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