Legal Opinion
Yaskill v. Thibault
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 25, 1930PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSanderson, J.
This is a bill to enjoin the defendant from maintaining a wall or obstruction causing a diversion of the course of a stream of water so that it flows back upon the land of the respective plaintiffs.
Each of the plaintiffs and the defendant own real estate bounding easterly on Brayton Point Road in Somerset, the defendant’s land being south of that of the plaintiffs. All this land is located between the Old Providence Road on the north and a road called the New State Highway. The stream has its origin in a natural pond located on the northerly side of the Old Providence Road and a culvert or…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Stevens v. Rockport Granite Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Spear v. H. V. Greene Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Cadigan v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Jackman v. MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Carter v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
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- Town of Dartmouth v. SilvaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
- Fitzgerald v. FortierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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