Legal Opinion
Peterson v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 19, 1941PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
These are actions for personal injuries sustained by Ann Peterson and Nancy Peterson and for personal injuries and deaths of Edward Peterson and Ruth C. Peterson, all resulting from a collision on July 27, 1935, between a freight train of the defendant and an automobile driven by Ruth C. Peterson, in which the other persons named *47were riding, at a grade crossing known as “Grasmere Crossing” in Goffstown, in the State of New Hampshire.
Ann, Nancy, and Edward were all minor children of Ruth. The accident happened at about 12:30 p.m. There was uncontradicted evidence that the day was fair.
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2Cases cited28 opinions
- Hoadley v. Northern Transportation Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Chase v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Stevens v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Hicks v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- Trask v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Sheila Ilina Boland, Etc. v. J. Spencer LoveCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Gregory v. Maine Central RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
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