Legal Opinion
Daniel v. Jardin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 27, 1946PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order dismissing report affirmed. This is an action of contract or tort by a landlord against tenants of a dwelling house to recover for intentional damage to the premises let. The judge found that he was “not satisfied by a fair preponderance of convincing evidence that the defendants or either of them deliberately damaged or did anything to the tenement other than to use it in an ordinary reasonable way,” and made a general finding for the defendants. The Appellate Division dismissed the report. The plaintiff appealed. Certain of the plaintiff’s requests for rulings were rightly denied.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Perry v. HanoverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Strong v. Haverhill Electric Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- National Shawmut Bank v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Cameron v. BuckleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Lydon v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Constance Chester v. City of MedfordMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1994
- Menotomy Realty Corp. v. FrenchMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1974
- Berube v. FontaineMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1974
- Dygon v. Big Y Foods, Inc.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1970
- Giusto v. PetruzzielloMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1994
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