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Skolnick v. East Boston Savings Bank

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided September 17, 1940PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.

These actions, the first for personal injury sustained by the plaintiff’s intestate Sarah Skolnick, and the second for consequential damages sustained by her husband, result from the fall of Sarah Skolnick from the rear veranda of the third floor apartment at 10 Beach Road in Winthrop on July 30, 1937. Sarah Skolnick hired that apartment from Myer Swartz in March, 1937, paying $26 a month as rent. As part of the consideration for the hiring, Swartz promised to repair the railing, which was loose and unsafe, that ran around the veranda. In June he sent a carpenter, who nailed the railing to…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Nims v. Mount Hermon Boys' SchoolMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
  2. Lindsey v. LeightonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
  3. Lamson & Co. v. AbramsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
  4. Newall v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
  5. Conroy v. Fall River Herald News Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. In Re Prichard Plaza Associates Ltd. PartnershipUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1988
  2. Negron v. GordonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  3. Commonwealth v. HayesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
  4. Seppala & Aho Construction Co. v. PetersenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  5. Commonwealth v. BarkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942

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