Legal Opinion
Canning v. Shippee
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 8, 1923PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is an action of contract. It is alleged in the declaration that the plaintiff agreed to buy and the defendant to sell certain real estate; that in consequence of refusal by the defendant to carry out the contract, the plaintiff was compelled to bring suit in equity for specific performance of the contract and prevailed; that the plaintiff was thereby put to expense and lost the use and occupation of the premises for a long time, and that during that period of wrongful withholding the defendant cut timber, harvested apples, carried away manure and removed a fence on and from the premises.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Samuel v. Page-Storms Drop Forge Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity v. PufferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- James v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- Stevens v. TuiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Noyes v. BraggMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Mackintosh v. ChambersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Pollack v. KellyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Franklin v. North Weymouth Cooperative BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Potier v. A. W. Perry, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Dearden v. HeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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