Vassillion v. Sullivan

Although the defendants contend that the case of Mandell v. Company, ante, 1, is not decisive of the present case, a matter hereinafter considered, their principal argument has consisted of an attempt to show that that case was unwisely decided and should not be applied “in the decision of this or other cases coming before this Court.” The argument upon this point has been so solemnly and so vigorously pressed that we have taken occasion to re-examine the grounds of our decision in the Mandell case with the following result.

The controversy involves the interpretation of P. L., c. 101, s. 9,…