Legal Opinion

Barrows v. Farnum's Stage Lines, Inc.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 5, 1926PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.

This suit in equity has been reported for our consideration on the bill and demurrer, after the entry of an *242interlocutory decree overruling the demurrer. The allegations of the bill must be taken to be true for the purposes of this decision. The plaintiffs are ten citizens of the city of Newton affected by the violation of law set out in the bill. The defendant is a corporation organized under the laws of and having a usual place of business within this Commonwealth. It operates motor buses as a business for the carriage of passengers for hire over public ways through the city of Newton…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
  2. Addyston Pipe & Steel Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  3. Hendrick v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  4. Kane v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  5. Illinois Central Railroad v. BehrensSupreme Court of the United States · 1914

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Vigeant v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
  2. Interstate Busses Corp. v. Holyoke Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
  3. Armburg v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
  4. Boston Elevated Railway Co. v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
  5. Morrissey v. State Ballot Law CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942

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