Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. Northridge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 25, 1924PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The plaintiff while in the exercise of due care suffered personal injuries from the fall of a piazza roof connected with a two tenement brick building owned by the defendant’s testator, who died after the first trial, where a verdict in his favor was directed, which was set aside and a new trial ordered in Sullivan v. Northridge, 246 Mass. 382. The plaintiff’s father, of whose family she was a member, hired and occupied the upper tenement, and the jury would have been warranted in finding on the evidence that the fall of the roof was caused solely by the separation of the supporting joists or…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Bergeron v. ForestMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Salisbury v. HerchenroderMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Sayles v. QuinnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Draper v. CottingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Conners Bros. v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Beauvais v. Springfield Institution for SavingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Peirce v. HunnewellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Shepard v. Worcester County Institution for SavingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Boston v. FountainMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Williams v. PomeroyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
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