Legal Opinion
Moore v. Town of Amesbury
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 11, 1929PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRttgg, C.J.
This is an action of tort to recover damages assessed by way of penalty under G. L. c. 229, § 1, for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate alleged to have been caused while he was a traveller on a public way by a defect, or want of repair, or a lack of a sufficient railing on a. public way, and by failure properly to light the same. The evidence in its aspect most favorable to the plaintiff, so far as pertinent to the grounds of this decision, summarily stated, tended to show the following facts: The dead body of the plaintiff’s intestate "was found shortly before two o’clock on the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Bigwood v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Leland v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of AmericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Rankin v. Brockton Public Market, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Kaminski v. FournierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Walker v. Benz Kid Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Williams v. United Men's Shop, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Adams v. HerbertMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- Zwick v. GoldbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Connolly v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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