Legal Opinion
Vozella v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 23, 1937PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.
The plaintiff in his declaration alleges that he was struck and injured by a piece of metal which became detached from a train of the defendant while it was passing over a grade crossing. The plaintiff, who was the only witness at the trial, testified in substance that at the time of his injury he was walking on a public highway, parallel with the railroad tracks at a grade crossing, and outside the gates which had been lowered by the crossing tender; that, while the engine of the train was passing him, he felt pain in his ankle and looking down saw a piece of iron rolling away; and that he…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Wilson v. Colonial Air Transport, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Roscigno v. Colonial Beacon Oil Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Minihan v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Cuscuna v. RoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Bell Cab Co. v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Liberatore v. Town of FraminghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Carter v. Yardley & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Lydon v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- McCabe v. Boston Consolidated Gas Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Cooperstein v. BogasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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