Legal Opinion
Adams v. Plunkett
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 24, 1931PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This suit in equity concerns the management of the William B. Plunkett Memorial Hospital in the town of Adams. The case was reserved upon the pleadings and an agreed statement of facts for determination by the full court.
The pertinent facts are, these: In February, 1917, William B. Plunkett, a lifelong resident of Adams, publicly announced his intention of building a hospital and giving it to the town of Adams. The location and extent of the lands which were to constitute the hospital grounds were made known to the officers of the town in the following month. The erection of the building was…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Florida v. MellonSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- City of Worcester v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Opinion of the Justices to the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Roosen v. Peter Bent Brigham HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Higginson v. Treasurer & School House CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
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3Cited by29 opinions
- City of Boston v. DolanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Lowell v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Opinion of Justices to the Senate & House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- City of Boston v. CurleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Ass'n v. BeedeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
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