Legal Opinion
Stumpf v. Leland
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 29, 1922PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is an action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries received by Alice E. Beatty by reason of a defect in the railing of a back porch on premises owned by the defendant and occupied by the deceased and her sister. The case was submitted to the jury under instructions that the relation of landlord and tenant existed between the defendant and Mrs. Beatty. A written lease between the latter and her sister as lessees and the defendant as lessor had been executed under date of March 10, 1919, for a term of years beginning with May 1, 1919, but the lessees entered into occupancy…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Cutter v. HamlenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Bowe v. HunkingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Doyle v. Union Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Conahan v. FisherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Cowen v. SunderlandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Kannavos v. AnninoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- Chelefou v. Springfield Institution for SavingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Carney v. BereaultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- Crowell v. McCaffreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Conroy v. MaxwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
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