Renaud v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort under R. L. c. Ill, § 267, as amended by St. 1906, c. 463, Part I. § 63, by the administratrix of the estate of Máxime Renaud to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, while a passenger of the defendant, alleged to have been caused by reason of the negligence of the defendant and by the unfitness or gross negligence of its agents or servants.
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Tort under R. L. c. Ill, § 267, as amended by St. 1906, c. 463, Part I. § 63, by the administratrix of the estate of Máxime Renaud to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, while a passenger of the defendant, alleged to have been caused by reason of the negligence of the defendant and by the unfitness or gross negligence of its agents or servants. Writ dated November 8,1906. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Dana, J. The accident which resulted in the death of the intestate occurred on the premises of the defendant in front of its South Fitchburg station at…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
One of the rules of the defendant corporation in force at the time of the accident here in question provided that: “ No train will pass a station on a double track while another is receiving or discharging passengers (except as may be especially *560provided in time-table), unless fences exist between the tracks.” Had this rule been kept by its employees this accident would not have happened.
In leaving to the jury the question of negligence on the part of the corporation the presiding judge did not suggest what could have been done by the defendant corporation beyond what it did. The only thing…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Brennan v. Standard Oil Co. of New YorkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Hartford v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Hale v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Lanci v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
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