Legal Opinion
Pollock v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 28, 1935PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
This is an appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer to the declaration in an action of contract or tort. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 96. Morrill v. Crawford, 278 Mass. 250, 252. The declaration is in two counts alleged to be for the same cause of action, the first count in contract, the second count in tort.
Allegations of the first count ■ — • in contract — include the following: “And the plaintiff says, that the plaintiff is, and for many years last past has been engaged in the coal business. . . . That the defendant is, and for many years past was a public service corporation, supplying…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Squire v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Kerr Steamship Co. v. Radio Corp. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- Second Society of Universalists v. Royal InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Davis v. H. S. & M. W. Snyder, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Wheelock v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Gabriel v. BorowyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Keljikian v. Star Brewing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Wilkinson v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
- Allard v. EstesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Abel Holding Co., Inc. v. American Dist. Tel.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1977
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