Bourne v. Whitman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Four actions oe tort, by two plaintiffs severally against two defendants severally, for personal injuries and damage to an automobile of the plaintiff Bourne from being run into by an automobile belonging to the defendant William P. Whitman alleged to have been driven negligently by the defendant Richard P. Whitman, who was alleged to have been the agent and servant of the defendant William, on the main road from Bourne to Falmouth in that part of Falmouth called West…
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Four actions oe tort, by two plaintiffs severally against two defendants severally, for personal injuries and damage to an automobile of the plaintiff Bourne from being run into by an automobile belonging to the defendant William P. Whitman alleged to have been driven negligently by the defendant Richard P. Whitman, who was alleged to have been the agent and servant of the defendant William, on the main road from Bourne to Falmouth in that part of Falmouth called West Falmouth, near a bridge over the tracks of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company, on the evening of August…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
These are actions to recover for injuries received from a collision between two automobiles, in one of which were the two plaintiffs.' The accident happened late in the evening of August 15,1908. The defendants asked the judge to instruct the jury as follows: “ If the jury find that at the time of the accident the defendant was driving on the right of the middle of the travelled part of the way, it is evidence of the exercise of due care on his part, and if the jury shall find that the plaintiff Bourne was driving his machine in an opposite direction and collided with the defendant, this is…
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