Legal Opinion
Galdston v. McCarthy
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 29, 1938PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
The parties were once husband and wife, but were divorced on January 28, 1936. The plaintiff owned many articles of furniture and of household use and adornment, which are the subject of this bill. Many of them were antiques, impossible to replace with articles sufficiently similar to leave no room for reasonable preference. Only a few of the articles could be replaced in the market. Even those had acquired by association and use a peculiar value to the plaintiff. While the parties were living together as husband and wife the defendant took and secreted all the articles, so that the plaintiff…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Thayer v. ThayerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Commonwealth v. FinnertyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Potier v. A. W. Perry, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Carleton & Hovey Co. v. BurnsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Lazarus v. PhelpsSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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3Cited by19 opinions
- In the Matter of HissMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- In re KeenanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Commonwealth v. DurningMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Conroy v. Fall River Herald News Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Sawyer's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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