Legal Opinion
Sylvia v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 2, 1936PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
These are actions of tort to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in the first action (hereinafter called the plaintiff) and her minor son, on August 31, 1929, when they were struck by a locomotive of the defendant while upon a crossing at grade on Oak Street, a public way, in Taunton. The cases were tried in September, 1935, before a judge of the Superior Court with a jury; the jury viewed the scene of the accident. In each action a verdict was returned for the plaintiff on the first and third counts, and for the defendant on count two.
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2Cases cited28 opinions
- Duggan v. Bay State Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Parrot v. Mexican Central Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Holt v. MannMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Dean v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Wright v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Alfred J. Silberstein Inc. v. NashMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
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