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Guiffre v. Carapezza

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 29, 1937PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.

The plaintiff obtained a verdict against the husband of her deceased husband’s sister for the conversion of forty-nine items of household goods. The plaintiff was properly allowed to "refresh” her memory from her list of the goods, even though, as the defendant contends, the sight of the list created no present recollection but only a recognition that she knew the list to be true when she examined it at an earlier time. It was not necessary that the list should have been made in the regular course of business. Shove v. Wiley, 18 Pick. 558, 561. Alvord v. Collin, 20 Pick. 418, 430, 431. Bunker…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
  2. Commonwealth v. DorrMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
  3. Costello v. CrowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
  4. Kenyon v. HathawayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
  5. Jaquith v. MorrillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LewisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
  2. Commonwealth v. FlynnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
  3. Commonwealth v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
  4. Commonwealth v. SheppardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  5. Commonwealth v. DevlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957

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