Legal Opinion
Wilcox v. Riverside Park Enterprises, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 14, 1986PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFine, J.
A little-used Massachusetts “borrowing statute” of ancient origin is the basis for the claim that this personal injury action is time-barred. The statute, G. L. c. 260, § 9, provides as follows:
“If, when a cause of action hereinbefore mentioned accrues against a person, he resides out of the commonwealth, the action may be commenced within the time herein limited after he comes into the commonwealth; and if, after a cause of action has accrued, the person against whom it has accrued resides out of the commonwealth, the time of such residence shall be excluded in determining the time limited…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. WoodsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Burns v. Hartford HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- Collens v. New Canaan Water Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Cosme v. Whitin MacHine Works, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Gourdeau Construction Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Wilcox v. Riverside Park Enterprises, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Alves v. Siegel's Broadway Auto Parts, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1989
- Green v. Manhattanville CollegeMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996
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