Legal Opinion
Langdoc v. Gevaert Co. of America, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 29, 1943PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
This is an action of tort to recover for damage to the plaintiff’s land and dwelling house by reason of the settlement of the land, alleged to have been caused by the drilling of a well on the defendant’s premises which were adjacent to and at a lower grade than the plaintiff’s realty. The judge found that the plaintiff owned the premises in question; that an independent contractor, in 1939, drilled a well about two hundred ten feet deep upon the defendant’s premises at a distance of more than fifty feet from the plaintiff’s premises; that shortly after the drilling of this well the *10land of…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Reid v. DohertyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Memishian v. PhippsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- DiLorenzo v. Atlantic National BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Gilmore v. DriscollMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Leshefsky v. American EmPloyers' InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Barton v. City of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Rock v. City of PittsfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- New York Central Railroad v. Marinucci Bros. & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
- Fain v. Fitzhenry-Guptill Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
- Devore v. GoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
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