Legal Opinion
Putnam Furniture Building, Inc. v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 6, 1948PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, C.J.
This petition was originally brought against the Commonwealth alone. Later, on motion of the petitioner, Boston Elevated Railway Company was added as a respondent. Later still, after the Metropolitan Transit Authority created by St. 1947, c. 544, took over the assets of the Boston Elevated Railway Company, the authority was substituted for the railway company as a respondent. St. 1947, c-544, § 20.
The allegations of the petition are in substance these: The petitioner is the owner in fee simple of a parcel of land on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge. On February 17, 1910, the Boston Elevated…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Bronson v. CoffinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Marsch v. Southern New England RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Barnes v. City of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- McArthur Bro's v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Norcross v. JamesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Broadhurst v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Executive Air Service, Inc. v. Division of Fisheries & GameMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Alpert v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
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