Legal Opinion
Hakkila v. Old Colony Broken Stone & Concrete Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 20, 1928PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRtigg, C.J.
This is a suit brought to enjoin the defendant from committing a nuisance to the private injury of the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs are householders in the near neighborhood of premises of the defendant used by it for blasting and making crushed stone. The case was referred to a master, who filed a comprehensive report covering all the issues. Since the evidence is not reported, the facts found by the master must be accepted as true. Several grounds for relief set forth in the bill drop out of sight because of adverse findings by the master. The blasting operations carried on by the defendant…
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