Godfrey v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.

These two actions were tried together. The plaintiffs suffered injuries as the result of a collision between a coach in which they were passengers and a car of the defendant. The plaintiffs recovered verdicts.*

1. The collision occurred at Newcomb Square, Quincy, where Quincy Avenue is crossed by Howard Street. Several witnesses were permitted to testify, against the defendant’s exception, that the cars of the defendant always stopped at Newcomb Square. This evidence had some tendency to show that it was the practice of the defendant to stop its cars at this place, and that this practice was…