Robinson v. Springfield Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries caused by the plaintiff, while he was riding a motor cycle, being run into by a street car of the defendant. Writ dated May 23,1910. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Sanderson, J. The facts are stated in the opinion. The jury found for the plaintiff in the sum of $346; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The case was submitted on briefs.
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
The evidence warranted the jury in finding the following to be the facts in this case: The plaintiff going east on a motor cycle came down Lebanon Street in the city of Springfield and turned into Hancock Street intending to go north on that street. Hancock Street is forty to fifty feet wide, with an electric car track in the middle of it. As the plaintiff “came along up Lebanon Street” he listened and looked to see if a car was coming, and shut off the power “right at the corner,” and was then going six miles an hour. There is a house on the southwest corner of Lebanon and Hancock Streets…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Whipple v. RichMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
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- McCoy v. JordanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Halloran v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
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