Legal Opinion
Willett v. Webster
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 4, 1958PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
This action of tort is based upon the same alleged conspiracy in 1918-1919 dealt with by judgment in 1927 in an action brought in 1921 (hereinafter called the 1921 action). See Willett v. Herrick, 242 Mass. 471, S. C. 258 Mass. 585. The plaintiff since 1949 has been under guardianship as an insane person. See Bashaw v. Willett, 327 Mass. 369; Willett v. Willett, 333 Mass. 323. His guardian seeks to retry this litigation of a past generation upon a declaration which in general recites the facts of the old conspiracy, but also adds, among others, allegations which in substance are (1) that the…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Sandler v. SilkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Mackintosh v. ChambersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Franklin v. North Weymouth Cooperative BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Willett v. HerrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Cleaveland v. Malden Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Bagley v. MoxleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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- Schuster v. BaskinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Ratner v. Rockwood Sprinkler Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
- David Manning, Jr. v. Ross Grimsley and the Baltimore Baseball Club, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
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