· 3/15/1851
Adams v. Brown
Citations
- 61 Mass. 220
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding that an appeal was moot because the Court of Appeals could no longer offer effective relief
- a party is aggrieved when a decision affects their pecuniary interests or personal rights or imposes a burden or obligation on them
- “[f]or a party to be aggrieved, the decision must adversely affect that party’s property or pecuniary rights”
- Chapter 59.18 RCW is a “statute[] in derogation of the common law and thus [is] strictly construed in favor of the tenant.”
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Judges: Bigelow
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