O'Brien v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

These are actions of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of a motorman in charge of a trolley car of the defendant. Uncontroverted facts were that an automobile with left hand drive, driven by the plaintiff O’Brien, with whom the plaintiff Higgins was riding as a guest, passed the stationary trolley car in Davis Square, Somerville, proceeded down Elm Street, and at some point came partly upon the track in front of the following trolley car; that the automobile was brought to a stop on the track near the corner of Elm and Russell…