Legal Opinion
Felch v. D'AMICO
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 30, 1950PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
In this action of tort there was evidence that the plaintiff owned a house on Tuttle Street in Dorchester which was connected with the street sanitary sewer by a soil pipe. Sometime in December, 1946, the sewage from the house “became sluggish” and about the middle of January, 1947, “backed up into . . . [the plaintiff’s] kitchen sink . . . set tubs and cellar, causing damage.” Investigation showed that there were two jagged breaks in the soil pipe at or near its junction with the sanitary sewer, and that sewage from the plaintiff’s house was draining into the ground. Early in 1946, the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Sargent v. Massachusetts Accident Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Bigwood v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Roscigno v. Colonial Beacon Oil Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Brownhill v. KivlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Black v. Boston Consolidated Gas Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Jacob H. Gichner v. Antonio Troiano Tile & Marble Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Barrett v. Wood Realty Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
- Lobster Pot of Lowell, Inc. v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
- Ginsberg v. Metropolitan Transit AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
- Poulin v. H. A. Tobey Lumber Corp.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1957
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