Legal Opinion
Tenney v. Foss
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 26, 1929PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action of contract originally brought by George R. Tenney against the executor of the will of Clara A. Burley, who died before this action was begun. While the action was pending, the plaintiff died, and it was thereafter prosecuted by his widow, Jessie G. Tenney, who is the administratrix of his estate. At the trial, she was permitted to testify, subject to the defendant’s exception, that before this action was brought her husband had said to her, in the presence of others, that Clara A. Burley, with whom the alleged contract was made, had said to him at a time when it was alleged…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Dickinson v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Eldridge v. BartonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Dixon v. New England RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Commonwealth v. McIntoshMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
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3Cited by9 opinions
- In re KeenanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
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- O'Brien v. BernoiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Old Colony Trust Co. v. ShawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
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