Legal Opinion
Jones v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 31, 1931PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
These are actions of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiffs as a result of a collision between an automobile in which they were riding and a passenger train of the defendant at a railroad grade crossing of a public way at about dusk of an October afternoon. The actions are at common law and the grade crossing statute, G. L. c. 160, § 232, is not involved.
The causative negligence of the defendant alleged in each declaration is careless operation and propulsion of the locomotive, without proper notice and safeguards, against the plaintiff. Evidence was…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Bourne v. WhitmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Shultz v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Pizer v. HuntMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Berdos v. Tremont & Suffolk MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- O'Connor v. HickeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Barnes v. Berkshire Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Gregory v. Maine Central RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Patrican v. GarveyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Klegerman v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Anthony v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
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