Legal Opinion

Kershaw v. Zecchini

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 30, 1961PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.

This bill in equity is brought in the Land Court to obtain a declaratory decree establishing title to a parcel of real estate, hereinafter called the locus. See G. L. c. 231A, § 1. From a decree adjudging that the defendant Zecchini (hereinafter called the defendant) was the owner of the locus, the plaintiffs appealed.

The judge made extensive findings which he designated as the “material facts.” The evidence is not reported. There appears to he no statutory provision applicable to the Land Court analogous to G. L. c. 214, § 23, or G. L. c. 215, § 11, under which a party in the Supreme…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Dodge v. Anna Jaques HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
  2. Ottavia v. SavareseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
  3. Jose v. LymanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  4. Foot v. BaumanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
  5. LaChance v. First National Bank & Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Ryan v. StavrosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
  2. Jones v. GingrasMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1975
  3. Boothroyd v. BogartzMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2007
  4. Peck v. BigelowMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1993
  5. Shaw v. SolariMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979

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