Legal Opinion
Ryder v. City of Taunton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 29, 1940PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
This is an action of tort brought by the plaintiffs to recover for damages to their cranberry land and crop, allegedly caused by the negligent manner in which repairs were made upon a public highway. Bear Hole Road, admittedly a public highway, at one place is built upon, or forms a part of, a dam at the northerly end of Bear Hole Pond, so called, the outlet of which runs through the dam. In 1932 a concrete bridge was installed to replace the old wooden bridge which had collapsed. This work was done by the defendant’s superintendent of streets. At the same time he installed two lengths of…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Bolster v. City of LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Tindley v. City of SalemMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Hawks v. Inhabitants of CharlemontMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Barney v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Waldron v. City of HaverhillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Whitney v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Morash & Sons, Inc. v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. DoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Galluzzi v. City of BeverlyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Carr v. Board of Appeals of MedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
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