Legal Opinion
Opinion of the Justices to the House of Representatives
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 1, 1938PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*592On March 26, 1938, the order was transmitted to the Justices, who, on April 7, 1938, returned the following answer:
To The Honorable the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court have considered the questions embodied in the order adopted on March 24, 1938, copy of which is hereto annexed, and respectfully submit the following opinion.
The proposed statute requires that “Every electric company shall furnish its consumers with electric light bulbs without charge therefor.” This is brief. It is to be interpreted according to the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. ManningSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Decatur v. Auditor of PeabodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Weld v. Board of Gas & Electric Light CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Lowell Gas Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Elmer v. Commissioner of InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. City of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Assessors of Springfield v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
- Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
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