Legal Opinion

Murphy v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 1, 1928PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.

The questions presented by the bill of exceptions are, whether there was evidence which, as matter of law, required a finding that the plaintiff’s intestate did not *487exercise due care for Ms safety, and whether the evidence warranted a finding that the defendant’s motorman was negligent.

The motorman testified that, as Ms car approached the junction of Ellsworth Avenue and Cambridge Street, in Cambridge, he saw the intestate turn .from Ellsworth Avenue, walk along the southerly sidewalk of. Cambridge Street, leave the sidewalk and proceed across that street looting neither to the right nor to…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Duggan v. Bay State Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
  2. Bothwell v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
  3. Mercier v. Union Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
  4. Hudson v. Lynn & Boston RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
  5. Pigeon v. Massachusetts Northeastern Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Lydon v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
  2. Boni v. GoldsteinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
  3. Joyce v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
  4. Hutchinson v. H. E. Shaw Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
  5. Joughin v. Federal Motor Transportation Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932

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