Legal Opinion
Adams v. Town of Bolton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 28, 1937PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.
The plaintiffs, while riding on the rear seat of an automobile operated on a public highway in the town of Bolton, on the morning of March 25, 1934, were injured when the wheels of the automobile went into a “hollow” about a foot deep extending over three fourths of the width of the macadamized surface of the way. The cases were tried together before an auditor and later, on the auditor’s report and on the testimony of witnesses called by the plaintiffs, before a jury in the Superior Court. The cases come before us on exceptions of the defendant to the refusal of the trial judge to direct…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Carroll v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Taylor v. CreeleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Gregoire v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Sullivan v. BrabasonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Lovell v. Commonwealth Thread Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Whalen v. Worcester Electric Light Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Commonwealth v. DawnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Howe v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Vellante v. Town of WatertownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
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