Galbraith v. West End Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, under St. 1886, c. 140,* by the administratrix of the estate of James Galbraith, who was her husband, to recover damages for his death, occasioned by injuries received by him on February 6,1894, while crossing the tracks of the defendant’s railway on Main Street, in Cambridge, through the alleged gross negligence of the defendant’s servants. Trial in the Superior Court, before Blodgett, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows.
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Tort, under St. 1886, c. 140,* by the administratrix of the estate of James Galbraith, who was her husband, to recover damages for his death, occasioned by injuries received by him on February 6,1894, while crossing the tracks of the defendant’s railway on Main Street, in Cambridge, through the alleged gross negligence of the defendant’s servants. Trial in the Superior Court, before Blodgett, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows. It appeared in evidence, that, in the forenoon of February 6, 1894, Galbraith was passing along the left hand side of First Street, in…
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
This is an action of tort, under the St. of 1886, c. 140, by the administratrix of the estate of James Galbraith, to recover damages for the death of her husband, caused by injuries received by him on February 6, 1894, while attempting to cross the tracks of the defendant’s railway, on *580Main Street in Cambridge. Just before the accident, the intestate was driving along First Street in his cart. He drove out of First Street, which does not cross Main Street, but, for the purpose of getting on the right hand side of Main Street, he proceeded straight ahead to cross Main Street.
In the Superior…
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