Legal Opinion

Swensen v. Marino

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided September 12, 1940PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.

The plaintiff complains that the defendant has been using his right of way over the plaintiff’s land on Franklin Street in Holbrook illegally and in excess of the defendant’s rights by driving motor trucks at frequent intervals with heavy loads of sand and gravel from land west of the plaintiff’s land to Franklin Street.

Both parties apparently assume, and the master finds, that the defendant has a right of way appurtenant to his land over the plaintiff’s land to Franklin Street. The extent of this right is in dispute and is not determined by the notations of encumbrances upon the plaintiff’s…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Dodge v. Anna Jaques HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
  2. Stevens v. Rockport Granite Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
  3. MacLeod v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
  4. Anzalone v. Metropolitan District CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
  5. Mt. Holyoke Realty Corp. v. Holyoke Realty Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. Goldstein v. BealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
  2. Bernards v. LinkOregon Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Dowgiel v. ReidSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  4. Hodgkins v. BianchiniMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
  5. Fortier v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940

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