Samia v. Central Oil Co. of Worcester

Decided April 28, 1959. Richard Amni Cutter wrote the opinion for the court.

158 N.E.2d 469 · Cited 83 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Shaw v. Harding · 306 Mass. 441
• Durfee v. Durfee & Canning, Inc. · 323 Mass. 187
• Stetson v. French · 321 Mass. 195
• Maltzman v. Hertz · 147 N.E.2d 767
• Kaneb v. Kaneb · 137 N.E.2d 215
• Dodge v. Anna Jaques Hospital · 301 Mass. 431
• Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. v. Gove · 303 Mass. 1
• Hayden v. Hayden · 96 N.E.2d 136
• Akin v. Warner · 318 Mass. 669
• Foot v. Bauman · 129 N.E.2d 916
• Commissioner of Insurance v. Massachusetts Accident Co. · 318 Mass. 238
• Jones v. Jones · 297 Mass. 198
• Production MacHine Co. v. Howe · 99 N.E.2d 32
• Black v. Parker Manufacturing Co. · 106 N.E.2d 544
• Stuck v. Schumm · 290 Mass. 159
• McOuatt v. McOuatt · 320 Mass. 410
• Voorhees v. Mason · 245 Ill. 256
• Locke v. Old Colony Trust Co. · 289 Mass. 245
• Murphy v. Hanlon · 322 Mass. 683
• Phelps v. State Street Trust Co. · 115 N.E.2d 382
• Ranicar v. Goodwin · 96 N.E.2d 853
• Medford Trust Co. v. McKnight · 292 Mass. 1
• Chounis v. Laing · 23 S.E.2d 628
• Feeney v. Feeney · 140 N.E.2d 642
• Silversmith v. Sydeman · 305 Mass. 65

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• Bruno v. Bruno · 422 N.E.2d 1369
• O'Connor v. Redstone · 452 Mass. 537
• Corrigan v. O'BRIEN · 231 N.E.2d 554
• Church of God in Christ, Inc. v. Congregation Kehillath Jacob · 353 N.E.2d 669
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