Mathewson v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of tort, the first for personal injuries and the second for personal injuries and damage to the plaintiff’s motorcycle, alleged to have resulted from a collision with a motor vehicle of the defendant carelessly driven by one of its employees in the course of his employment. Writs dated November 4,1916. In the Superior Court the actions were tried together before Hitchcock, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion.
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Two actions of tort, the first for personal injuries and the second for personal injuries and damage to the plaintiff’s motorcycle, alleged to have resulted from a collision with a motor vehicle of the defendant carelessly driven by one of its employees in the course of his employment. Writs dated November 4,1916. In the Superior Court the actions were tried together before Hitchcock, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion. Crossman, 'the driver of the defendant’s car at the time of the accident, was called by and testified for the plaintiff. At the close of the evidence the…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
These are two actions to recover for personal injuries received by the plaintiffs by reason of a collision of a motorcycle, upon which they were riding, with an automobile of the defendant driven by one Crossman who was in its general employ but who, it contends, was not then acting within the scope of his employment. The accident occurred on a Sunday morning at the junction of Pleasant Street and Concord Avenue in Belmont. There was evidence tending to show that the plaintiffs were in the exercise of due care and that Crossman was careless.
On the morning of the accident Grossman was directed…
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