Jensen v. McEldowney

Late in the afternoon of December 28,1956, while walking on Bonte 2A in Acton, William A. Jensen was killed by an automobile operated by the defendant. In this action of tort brought by Jensen’s administratrix to recover for his death, the defendant had a verdict. The case comes here on the plaintiff’s exceptions to several rulings on evidence.

1. One of the issues was whether Jensen was intoxicated at the time of the accident. One Turner, a taxi driver called by the defendant, testified that on the day of the accident he drove Jensen from Malden to a sanitarium in Acton; that during the trip…