Legal Opinion
Gosselin v. Town of Northbridge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 4, 1937PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
In this action of tort for nuisance, the judge, upon the report of an auditor whose findings of fact were to be final, ordered judgment for the plaintiffs in the amount of damages reported by the auditor. An appeal by the defendant properly brings the case here. Kamberg v. Springfield National Bank, 293 Mass. 24, 25.
About a hundred yards away from the house owned by the plaintiffs in Northbridge is a parcel of land used as a dump. Decaying animal matter, imperfectly burned, at *352times has produced a stench and smoke constituting a nuisance to the plaintiffs, although there has been no…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Nichols v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Haley v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Johnson v. City of SomervilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Malinoski v. D. S. McGrath, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Miles v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Building Commissioner v. C. & H. Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Kurtigian v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- Ryder v. Town of LexingtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Wershba v. City of LynnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Towner v. City of MelroseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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