Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Sansone

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided April 15, 1925PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSanderson, J.

The defendant was convicted of so driving an automobile that the lives and safety of the public might be endangered. The testimony offered by the Commonwealth tended to prove that an automobile, while being driven by the defendant in Adams Square, Boston, at the rate of thirty miles an hour, hit a woman who was crossing the street. Subject to an exception by the defendant, the daughter-in-law of this woman was permitted to testify that the condition of her mother-in-law, as to her ability to walk, her hearing and eyesight, was good. The questions called for no expert opinion but for such…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SturtivantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
  2. Commonwealth v. RussMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
  3. Stevens v. Stewart-Warner Speedometer Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
  4. Commonwealth v. DowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
  5. Draper v. CottingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. UnderwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
  2. Dillon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
  3. Commonwealth v. MichelMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  4. Reilly v. Selectmen of BlackstoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
  5. Commonwealth v. RedmondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970

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