Legal Opinion
Jubilee Yacht Club v. Gulf Refining Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 23, 1923PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is a suit in equity whereby the plaintiff seeks injunctive relief for the abatement of an alleged nuisance and for damages. The case comes before us on report from an order sustaining the defendant’s demurrer on the ground of want of equity. The averments of the bill must be accepted as true for the purposes of this decision. They are in substance that the plaintiff is the owner of land bounded in part upon Beverly Harbor, an arm of the sea, including a sandy beach and flats to low water mark. It has maintained for many years a club house and a bulkhead and a wharf or pier extending over…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Rideout v. KnoxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Doherty v. Inhabitants of AyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Butler v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Home for Aged Women v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Cassidy v. Old Colony RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Smith v. New England Aircraft Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Michaelson v. Silver Beach Improvement Ass'n, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Opinion of the Justices to the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Payne v. R. H. White Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Iris v. Town of HinghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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