So much is settled beyond dispute. Real Property Co. Inc. v. Pitt, 230 Mass. 526. Hall Publishing Co. v. MacLaughlin, 230 Mass. 534. Matson v. Sbrega, 250 Mass. 138. Demers v. Scaramella, 252 Mass. 430. Endicott Johnson Corp. v. Hurwitz, 284 Mass. 378. Cunniff v. Cleaves, 288 Mass. 325. Hammond v. Boston Terminal Co. 295 Mass. 566. Gill v. Stretton, 298 Mass. 342. Robinson v. Wm. Brown Sons Co. 301 Mass. 316. Beyond that point we find conflicting statements in the reported cases.
Endicott Johnson Corp. v. Hurwitz, 284 Mass. 378, 381 (1933). Cunniff v. Cleaves, 288 Mass. 325 (1934). Robinson v. Wm. Brown Sons Co., 301 Mass. 316 (1938).
G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 109. Real Property Co. Inc. v. Pitt, 230 Mass. 526. Demers v. Scaramella, 252 Mass. 430. Cunniff v. Cleaves, 288 Mass. 325. Robinson v. Wm. Brown Sons Co. 301 Mass. 316. Weiner v. Pictorial Paper Package Corp. 303 Mass. 123, 125-126.
The appeal must therefore be dismissed. Real Property Co. Inc. v. Pitt, 230 Mass. 526. Matson v. Sbrega, 250 Mass. 138. Demers v. Scaramella, 252 Mass. 430. Endicott Johnson Corp. v. Hurwitz, 284 Mass. 378. Cunniff v. Cleaves, 288 Mass. 325. The defendant is not aided by St. 1931, c. 325, amending G.L.c. 231, § 108. Krock v. Consolidated Mines Power Co. Ltd. 286 Mass. 177.