Legal Opinion

Morris Plan Co. v. Hillcrest Farms Dairy, Inc.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided December 3, 1948PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtQua, C.J.

These actions are to recover for property damage to an automobile as the result of a collision with a truck on September 5, 1940.

The automobile was then being driven by one Georges on business of his own and not as the agent of the plaintiff. The truck was being driven by the defendant Soderholm as the agent of the defendant Hillcrest Farms Dairy, Inc. The collision was caused by the concurring negligence of Georges and of Soderholm. Prior to September 5, 1940, the plaintiff had conveyed the automobile to Georges "under a conditional sales lease in the usual form.” Georges was in default to…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Bresnick v. HeathMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
  2. Nash v. LangMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
  3. Gibbons v. DenoncourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
  4. Lehan v. North Main Street Garage, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
  5. Associates Discount Corp. v. GillineauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. CINCINNATI, NO &C. R. CO. v. HilleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
  2. Harvard Trust Co. v. RacheotesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
  3. POLYTECHNIC DATA CORPORATION v. Xerox CorporationDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1973
  4. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co v. HilleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
  5. Bell Finance Co. v. GefterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958

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