Wadsworth v. Boston Gas Co.

Decided February 16, 1967. Paul Grattan Kirk Sr. wrote the opinion for the court.

223 N.E.2d 807 · Cited 65 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.

• Cowan v. McDonnell · 111 N.E.2d 759
• Leigh v. Rule · 121 N.E.2d 854
• Daniels v. Celeste · 303 Mass. 148
• Peterson v. Cadogan · 313 Mass. 133
• Sullivan v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance · 174 N.E.2d 771
• Mazzaferro v. Dupuis · 321 Mass. 718
• Brightman v. Blanchette · 307 Mass. 584
• Bucholz v. Green Bros. · 290 Mass. 350
• Ames v. Beal · 284 Mass. 56
• Murphy v. Brilliant Co. · 323 Mass. 526
• Snow v. Metropolitan Transit Authority · 323 Mass. 21
• R. Dunkel, Inc. v. V. Barletta Co. · 302 Mass. 7
• MacPherson v. Boston Edison Co. · 142 N.E.2d 758
• McGillivray v. Eramian · 309 Mass. 430
• Ideal Financing Ass'n v. McPhail · 320 Mass. 521
• Trump v. Burdick · 322 Mass. 253

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