Stella v. Curtis

Decided February 5, 1965. Paul Grattan Kirk Sr. wrote the opinion for the court.

204 N.E.2d 457 · Cited 119 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.

• Barnes v. Berkshire Street Railway Co. · 281 Mass. 47
• Perry v. Hanover · 314 Mass. 167
• Commonwealth v. Greenberg · 160 N.E.2d 181
• Home Savings Bank v. Savransky · 307 Mass. 601
• Weiner v. Pictorial Paper Package Corp. · 303 Mass. 123
• Hurley v. Ornsteen · 311 Mass. 477
• Marquis v. Messier · 303 Mass. 553
• Hogan v. Coleman · 96 N.E.2d 864
• Commercial Credit Corp. v. Stan Cross Buick, Inc. · 180 N.E.2d 88
• Halnan v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 296 Mass. 219
• Conley v. Morash · 307 Mass. 430
• Via v. Asbestos Textile Co. Inc. · 139 N.E.2d 393
• Peerless Casualty Co. v. MARINUCCI BROS. & CO. INC. · 147 N.E.2d 751

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• Commonwealth v. Giles · 228 N.E.2d 70
• Nevins v. Tinker · 429 N.E.2d 332
• Hudson v. Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Ass'n · 436 N.E.2d 155
• Alpert v. Commonwealth · 258 N.E.2d 755
• State Line Contractors, Inc. v. Commonwealth · 249 N.E.2d 619
• Commonwealth v. Szewczyk · 89 Mass. App. Ct. 711

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