Crowell v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of tort, the first for personal injuries received when the plaintiff was struck from behind by a street car of the defendant when.she was walking northerly from the intersection of Longwood Avenue and Huntington Avenue in Boston on the “reserved space” in Huntington Avenue between the outer rail of the inbound track of the defendant and the curbstone. The second action is by the husband of the plaintiff in the first action for consequential damages.
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Two actions of tort, the first for personal injuries received when the plaintiff was struck from behind by a street car of the defendant when.she was walking northerly from the intersection of Longwood Avenue and Huntington Avenue in Boston on the “reserved space” in Huntington Avenue between the outer rail of the inbound track of the defendant and the curbstone. The second action is by the husband of the plaintiff in the first action for consequential damages. Writs dated April 17, 1917. In the Superior Court the actions were tried together before Sisk, J. The material evidence is described…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The plaintiff in the first case, hereinafter called the plaintiff, sues for personal injuries, while her husband in the second action seeks consequential damages, and, verdicts for the defendant having been returned by direction of .the presiding *395judge, we are asked to sustain their exceptions and order a new trial.
The board of street commissioners of the city of Boston, acting under their general powers, 'ordered Huntington Avenue “extended from Copley Square through and over Tremont Street to the boundary line of the town of Brookline, and widened from Gainsborough Street to said boundary…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hennessey v. TaylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Freeman v. United Fruit Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Vincent v. Norton & Taunton Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Menut v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Farrington v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
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- Treen v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Fernald v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
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