5 Massachusetts opinions name it 2 courts 1935–1992 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Bourgeois v. Hurleygreen1 sentence1992See Bourgeois v. Hurley, 8 Mass. App. Ct. 213, 218 (1979). | 1 | 1 |
Boston & Providence Railroad v. Old Colony Railroadgreen1 sentence1942See Boston & Providence Railroad v. Old Colony Railroad, 269 Mass. 190, 198-199 . | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Proprietors of Locks & Canals on Merrimack River v. Boston & Maine Railroad
green
1 sentence1961In Proprietors of Locks & Canals on Merrimack River v. Boston & Maine R.R. 245 Mass. 52 , the present petitioner brought a writ of entry against the Railroad, unsuccessfully contending that the consolidation of Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation and Boston and Maine Railroad had caused the lease to expire by its own limitation. | 1 | 1961–1961 |
Dyer v. Siano
green
1 sentence1961The decision interpreted that portion of the habendum clause which we are considering, as giving the Railroad “a base, qualified or determinable fee, to end without entry or action” (Dyer v. Siano, 298 Mass. 537, 539-540 ) whenever should occur *638 one of two events, in this instance failure “to pay said rent for the space of one year after the same shall become due. ’ ’ Armour makes no effort to distinguish the decision in 245 Mass, and, indeed, does not even cite it. | 1 | 1961–1961 |
Boston Molasses Co. v. Molasses Distributors Corp.
green
1 sentence1939Boston Molasses Co. v. Molasses Distributors Corp. 274 Mass. 589, 594 . | 1 | 1939–1939 |
Alfano v. Donnelly
green
1 sentence1939It has not been suggested that we should not construe the written instrument as a lease or that we should not give effect to the provision in it that “This instrument shall be construed as a lease and not merely as a license.” See Alfano v. Donnelly, 285 Mass. 554, 557 . | 1 | 1939–1939 |
Hoag v. Hoag
green
1 sentence1935Hoag v. Hoag, 213 Mass. 50, 53-54 . | 1 | 1935–1935 |
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