Legal Opinion
DeAngelis v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 29, 1939PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
The decedent was struck and killed by a car of the defendant, at about one o’clock on a fair and clear summer morning in 1935, as he was crossing from the north to the south side of Bennington Street in East Boston. Bennington Street runs east and west and is thirty-four feet wide between the curbs. A double set of tracks is located in the center of the street. The judge, subject to an exception, directed a verdict for the defendant.
Considering the evidence, as we must, in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, there was testimony which would warrant a jury in finding the following facts.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Holton v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Niland v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Tierney v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- King v. WeitzmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- O'Toole v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Hartmann v. Boston Herald-Traveler Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Alholm v. Town of WarehamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Lydon v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Zawacki v. FinnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Lubianez v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
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