Legal Opinion
Waugh v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 26, 1944PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
In this action of tort, on motion of the defendant, a verdict was directed in its favor on the plaintiff’s opening to the jury, and the plaintiff excepted. When this procedure is adopted we must assume that all statements of fact in such opening are true. Gray v. Boston, 277 Mass. 166, 167. The following is a summary of the opening: The plaintiff was a customer in a self-service store operated by the defendant. The defendant provided vehicles known as “strollers,” on which baskets were placed, for the purpose of receiving such merchandise as the customers might select. When the plaintiff…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Sterns v. Highland Hotel Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Kitchen v. Women's City ClubMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Smith v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Buzzell v. R. H. White Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Lord v. Sherer Dry Goods Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Luz v. Stop & Shop, Inc. of PeabodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
- Douglas v. WhittakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Byron v. Fresh Pond Open Air TheatreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
- Bannon v. Peerless Weighing & Vending Machine Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Boehm v. S. S. Kresge Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
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