Legal Opinion

Correa v. Haskel

Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division

Decided October 22, 1946Published

1Opinion of the CourtRowe, J.

This is an action of tort for conversion. The . trial judge found generally for the defendant without making any findings of subordinate facts. The plaintiff claims *273to be aggrieved particularly by the denial of his second request for ruling of law which request reads as follows: “The property in issue was ‘timber’ within the meaning of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 135, s. 12.”

There was evidence tending to show that there was a hurricane on Sept. 17, 1944 which resulted in the flooding of large areas along the two streams where the plaintiff’s property is located; that the hurricane resulted in the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bresnick v. HeathMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
  2. Commonwealth v. S. S. Kresge Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
  3. Commonwealth v. NoxonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  4. Schrank v. County Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937

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