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· 12/4/1964

Sixty-Eight Devonshire, Inc. v. Shapiro

Citations

  • 202 N.E.2d 811
  • 348 Mass. 177
  • 1964 Mass. LEXIS 696

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • \[I]n an opening it is not to be expected that a plaintiff will outline his damages with particularity. That is a matter ordinarily left to proof.\
  • “[I]n an opening it is not to be expected that a plaintiff will outline his damages with particularity. That is a matter ordinarily left to proof.”
  • damage to plaintiff’s building caused by recurring discharge of water from defective gutter on defendant’s building was continuing nuisance such that cause of action not barred by statute of limitations
  • faulty gutter that dumped water on plaintiffs roof
  • water repeatedly pouring onto plaintiffs properly from neighbor’s gutter
  • continuedinvasion of property right defeats statute of limitations argument

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Judges: Wilkins, Spalding, Whittemore, Cutter, Spiegel

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