Legal Opinion
Chambers v. Durling
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 25, 1940PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, a part of which was remitted. The denial of the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict presents the only exception. On June 20, 1935, the plaintiff rented a tenement on the first floor of a two-family house, and his occupancy began on June 28. The defendant lived on the second floor, and it was agreed that she was the owner of the premises and in control of the rear piazza, where the plaintiff was injured. This piazza, used in common by the plaintiff and the defendant, was ten or twelve feet in length, and at its rear, nailed to the piazza…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Andrews v. WilliamsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Flanagan v. WelchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Silver v. CushnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Wynn v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Garland v. StetsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Sneckner v. FeingoldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- McGeorge v. Grand Realty Trust, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Bacon v. JaquesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Story v. Lyon Realty Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Benjamin v. O'Connell & Lee Mfg. Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
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