Sargent v. Massachusetts Accident Co.

Decided November 6, 1940. Henry Lummus wrote the opinion for the court.

307 Mass. 246 · Cited 94 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.

• Pennsylvania Railroad v. Chamberlain · 288 U.S. 333
• Commonwealth v. O'Brien · 305 Mass. 393
• Commonwealth v. Clark · 292 Mass. 409
• DeFilippo's Case · 284 Mass. 531
• Jackson v. Anthony · 282 Mass. 540
• Creamery Package Manufacturing Co. v. Industrial Commission · 211 Wis. 326
• Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance v. Clark · 203 U.S. 64
• Young v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad · 273 Mass. 567
• Brown v. Bangs · 306 Mass. 551
• Koczur v. Flanagan · 306 Mass. 121
• Schaefer v. Holmes · 277 Mass. 468

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• Epstein v. Boston Housing Authority · 317 Mass. 297
• Evangelio v. Metropolitan Bottling Co. Inc. · 158 N.E.2d 342
• First National Bank of Boston v. Brink · 361 N.E.2d 406
• DeJesus v. Yogel · 533 N.E.2d 1318
• Commonwealth v. Francis · 453 N.E.2d 1204
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• Sevigny's Case · 151 N.E.2d 258
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• Brown v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 147 N.E.2d 160
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• King's Case · 225 N.E.2d 900

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