Albee v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries from being knocked down by a car of the defendant on the evening of November 24,1907, in Boston, when the plaintiff, having come from Marlborough Street, was crossing Boylston Street near Arlington Street, in order to take an inbound car on the opposite side of the street. Writ dated January 8, 1908. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Harris, J. The evidence is described sufficiently in the opinion.
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Tort for personal injuries from being knocked down by a car of the defendant on the evening of November 24,1907, in Boston, when the plaintiff, having come from Marlborough Street, was crossing Boylston Street near Arlington Street, in order to take an inbound car on the opposite side of the street. Writ dated January 8, 1908. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Harris, J. The evidence is described sufficiently in the opinion. At the close of the evidence, the defendant asked the judge to rule that upon all the evidence the plaintiff was not entitled to recover. The judge refused…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
While the plaintiff was crossing Boylston Street near Arlington Street in Boston at 8.30 o’clock P. M., in November, the rain falling heavily at the time and a very high wind blowing, she came into collision with the left hand corner of the fender of one of the defendant’s cars while it was in motion, and was injured. She testified that she looked and saw the car twice; once when she stepped from the curbstone which was about seventeen feet from the track, and once when she was about half way between the curb and the track; that the last time she looked the car was about one hundred and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Holian v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- McCrohan v. DavisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Hunt v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
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- McBride v. Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Lunderkin v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
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