Legal Opinion
R. H. Macy & Co. v. City of Fall River
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 3, 1949PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, C.J.
These six actions are all brought to recover for damage to property caused on December 22, 1942, by water released from a sprinkler pipe which froze and broke in “Wampanoag Mill No. 2” at Fall River. All the actions except those of R. H. Macy & Co., Inc., and Greenwelk Knitwear Co., Inc., were tried as actions in contract or tort. The Macy and Greenwelk actions were tried as actions in tort only.
Some time before October 20, 1942, the city had acquired title to the mill by foreclosure of its tax lien and had leased different floors of the building respectively to the plaintiffs Cape Cod Shirt…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Neal v. JeffersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
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