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Lanstein v. Acme White Lead & Color Works

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 14, 1934PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.

One who, uninvited but not forbidden, enters upon the premises of another in the hope of doing business for his own benefit with that other is, in law, at best, a bare licensee. He must take the place as he finds it. The other owes him no duty to have the premises reasonably safe for use by him. If, unfortunately, the one who enters is injured in consequence of a careless failure to have the premises safe for the use he makes of them, he has no redress by action at law for negligence. Plummer v. Dill, 156 Mass. 426. Alessi v. Fitzgerald, 217 Mass. 576. Ansara v. Skaff, 259 Mass. 197. Barton…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Plummer v. DillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
  2. Marston v. ReynoldsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
  3. Denny v. Riverbank Court Hotel Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
  4. Coulombe v. Horne Coal Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
  5. Benton v. WatsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Pridgen v. Boston Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
  2. Palmer v. Boston Penny Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
  3. Urban v. Central Massachusetts Electric Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
  4. Partridge v. United Elastic Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
  5. Story v. Lyon Realty Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941

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