Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Boston & Maine Transportation Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 29, 1933PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
These two cases were submitted upon an agreed statement of facts and trial by jury was waived. The defendants were found guilty, fines were imposed, and with the consent of the defendants the cases were reported. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 278, § 30. Commonwealth v. Surridge, 265 Mass. 425, 426.
The material facts are these: The corporate defendant, pursuant to contract, furnished on July 9, 1931, five sightseeing automobiles, commonly known as buses, exclusively to transport members of a convention from a hotel in Boston over the highways of the Commonwealth to Lexington, Concord, the Wayside Inn,…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Sproles v. BinfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Frost & Frost Trucking Co. v. Railroad Comm'n of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Silver v. SilverSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Smith v. CahoonSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Stephenson v. BinfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by19 opinions
- General Outdoor Advertising Co. v. Department of Public WorksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Commonwealth v. GormanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Commonwealth v. GrinkleyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. HowieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Russell v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
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