Legal Opinion
Hess v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 27, 1939PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
The plaintiff’s intestate, while a traveller on Bennington Street in Boston, was killed on May 4, 1938. Actions were brought against the defendant and one Millen to recover for his death and conscious suffering. The jury returned verdicts for both defendants on the counts for conscious suffering and for the plaintiff on the death counts. The case against Millen is not before us.
The jury could have found that the intestate, as he was crossing from the southwesterly corner of Brooks and Bennington streets diagonally in the direction of the northeasterly corner, was struck by the left front of…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CabotMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- London v. Bay State Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Commonwealth v. ShermanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Goldman v. AshkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Cushing v. JollesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Lydon v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Fialkow v. DeVoe Motors, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Downey v. Union Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Salter v. LeventhalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
- Indrisano's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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