Legal Opinion

Crocker v. New England Power Co.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided December 3, 1964PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.

The plaintiff trustees, doing business as Crocker Burbank & Company Association (Crocker Burbank), carried on a manufacturing business in Fitchburg. One of their mills was furnished with electricity by the defendant through its substation which was located on their real estate. In April, 1960, the defendant built a new substation on the site of the old, and engaged Armor Fence Company to install a fence around it. There was a dispute as to whether the defendant informed the fence company of the existence of a conduit carrying power cables from the old substation to a transformer and then to…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Luckenbach v. W. J. McCahan Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
  2. August A. Busch & Co. of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
  3. National Shawmut Bank v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
  4. Klukas v. YountIndiana Court of Appeals · 1951
  5. First Nat. Bank of Ottawa v. Lloyd's of LondonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1940

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3Cited by11 opinions

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  3. American Chain & Cable Co. v. BrunsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  4. O'Mara v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
  5. Creditor's Committee v. Commonwealth, Department of RevenueDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1989

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