Legal Opinion
Jones v. Town of Great Barrington
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 16, 1930PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSanderson, J.
The plaintiff first brought a petition under G. L. c. 79, pursuant to the provisions of G. L. c. 87, § 3, to recover damages caused by the falling of a public shade tree upon his house, and this court held in an opinion reported in 269 Mass. 202 that the petition could not be maintained because no public hearing had been held concerning the retention or removal of the tree. See also Cody v. North Adams, 265 Mass. 65. In the former opinion on the plaintiff’s petition the court said at pages 205, 206: “No statute of this Commonwealth in terms makes any provision for a petition under the eminent…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Haskell v. City of New BedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Shipley v. Fifty AssociatesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Moynihan v. ToddMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Stackpole v. HealyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1819
- Brayton v. City of Fall RiverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Alholm v. Town of WarehamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- McKenna v. AndreassiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- United Electric Light Co. v. Deliso Construction Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Whalen v. Worcester Electric Light Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Kurtigian v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
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