Perkins v. Stickney
Cases that cite this one
32 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.
- Rubin v. Town of Arlington (Mass. 1951)
- Finberg Manufacturing Co. v. Carter (Mass. App. Ct. 1983)
- Commonwealth v. Grammo (Mass. App. Ct. 1979)
- Venini v. Dias (Mass. App. Ct. 1977)
- Louise Caroline Nursing Home, Inc. v. Dix Construction Corp. (Mass. 1972)
- Bearse v. Barron (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1968)
- Commonwealth v. Stirling (Mass. 1966)
- Winthrop Products Corp. v. Elroth Co. (Mass. 1954)
- State v. Harkins (Mont. 1929)
- Old Silver Beach Corp. v. Inhabitants of Falmouth (Mass. 1929)
- Guinan v. Boston Elevated Railway Co. (Mass. 1929)
- Pridgen v. . Gibson (N.C. 1927)
- United States v. Golden (D. Minn. 1923)
- United States v. Percansky (D. Minn. 1923)
- Fourth National Bank v. Commonwealth (Mass. 1912)
- Rogers v. Clark Iron Co. (Minn. 1908)
- Muskeget Island Club v. Inhabitants of Nantucket (Mass. 1904)
- White v. McPherson (Mass. 1903)
- Davis v. State (Fla. 1902)
- Bradford Glycerine Co. v. Kizer (6th Cir. 1902)
- Toland v. Paine Furniture Co. (Mass. 1901)
- Watriss v. Trendall (Vt. 1901)
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Fox (Neb. 1900)
- Farmers' National Bank v. Woodell (Or. 1900)
- Richmond Locomotive Works v. Ford (Va. 1897)
This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.
Opinion of the Court
Whether a witness who is called as an expert has the requisite qualifications and knowledge to enable him to testify, is a preliminary question for the court. The decision of this question is conclusive, unless it appears upon the evidence to have been erroneous, or to have been founded upon some error in law. Nunes v. Perry, 113 Mass. 274, 276. Commonwealth v. Sturtivant, 117 Mass. 122. In the case at bar, no such error is shown; on the contrary, it appears that the witness had no knowledge of the quality of the coal in question, except through the reports of his engineer. Exceptions overruled.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.