Le Baron v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries received by tbe plaintiff and for damage to his wagon by reason of a collision with a car of the defendant at the junction of Main and Water Streets in Hing-ham.
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Tort for personal injuries received by tbe plaintiff and for damage to his wagon by reason of a collision with a car of the defendant at the junction of Main and Water Streets in Hing-ham. Writ in the Superior .Court for the county of Norfolk dated December 10, 1908. There was a trial before Hitchcock, J. It appeared that Main Street ran north and south; that Water Street ran in a northeasterly and southwesterly direction and entered Main Street on the easterly side, but did not cross it. Besides testifying as stated in the opinion, the plaintiff also stated that at the time of the accident…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
This is an action to recover for injuries and damage to person and property caused by a collision between a car of the defendant company and a wagon in which the plaintiff was driving. The accident occurred in Hingham about four o’clock in the afternoon on September 4, 1908, at the junction of Main and Water Streets. The defendant company maintained and operated a single track on Main Street close to the easterly sidewalk. The plaintiff was driving slowly, with his horse at a walk, as he testified, in a southerly direction along Main Street “ in about the middle of the travelled part of the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hillyer v. DickinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Halloran v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Williamson v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Chaput v. Haverhill, Georgetown & Danvers Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Stubbs v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
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- Robinson v. Springfield Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
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