Legal Opinion
Lord v. Lowell Institution for Savings
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 27, 1939PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in this action of tort for personal injuries, suffered as the result of a fall alleged to have been caused by the defective condition of "a house belonging to the defendant. The trial judge, under leave reserved (G. L. [Ter. Ed.] c. 231, § 120), entered a verdict for the defendant, and reported the case to this court with the stipulation that, “if the case was properly submitted to the jury, judgment to be entered for the plaintiff on the verdict, otherwise, judgment to be entered for the defendant.”
In the front window of an unoccupied house owned…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Leahy v. Standard Oil Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Walker v. Benz Kid Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Leveillee v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- O'Leary v. FashMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Hollidge v. DuncanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Costonis v. Medford Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Sterns v. Highland Hotel Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- McCarthy v. Brockton National BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Tri-City Concrete Co. Inc. v. ALA Construction Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Bond Pharmacy, Inc. v. City of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
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