Legal Opinion
Piontek v. Joseph Perry, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 31, 1961PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
There was a finding for the plaintiff in this action of "tort tried to a judge in the Superior Court without a jury. The evidence showed that in August, 1957, the plaintiff’s house on Bice Avenue, Severe, vibrated and developed cracks at times when the defendant, in order to demolish a cement patio across the street from the house, and to break up certain boulders, by means of a derrick and clam shell bucket lifted other boulders, of a diameter of about three feet, to a height of sixteen to eighteen feet and dropped them onto the patio and the boulders on the ground. The defendant excepted to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Dolham v. PetersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Kushner v. Dravo Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Coughlan v. Grande & Son, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
- Goldman v. ReganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Murphy v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Ted's Master Service, Inc. v. FARINA BROS. CO. INC.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Colangeli v. Construction Service Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Stimpson v. Wellington Service Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- Bradstreet v. A.R. Belli, Inc.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1991
- City of Malden v. BreslinMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1993
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