Cohen v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, for injuries received by the plaintiff due to his being run into by an electric car of the defendant as he was crossing the street railway track in front of it, having come from behind a car going in the opposite direction, from which he had just alighted.
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Tort, for injuries received by the plaintiff due to his being run into by an electric car of the defendant as he was crossing the street railway track in front of it, having come from behind a car going in the opposite direction, from which he had just alighted. Writ in the Superior Court for the county of Suffolk dated March 10,1906. The case was tried before Stevens, J., who, aj; the close of the evidence, ordered a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The facts in this case lie within a narrow compass. The evidence comes almost wholly from the plaintiff. The other evidence was to the effect that there was no slackening of the speed as the car approached the place of the accident, thpt the motorman did not ring the bell or apply the brakes, and that the car was going at a minimum rate of eighteen to twenty miles an hour. The accident occurred between eleven and twelve o’clock at night on January 27, 1906. There was no snow on the ground. The plaintiff had been working during the day and evening, and was on his way to his home on Alaska…
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