Legal Opinion
Corrado v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 3, 1956PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
The plaintiffs’ bill of exceptions shows that the plaintiffs’ intestate, a seven year old boy, entered upon the tracks of the defendant’s Old Colony division at a spot near the building formerly operated as the Harrison Square station to retrieve spelling papers which had blown from his hand. The jury could have found that these were of potential value to him as he had been promised a modest reward for papers marked one hundred per cent correct. While on the tracks he was hit by the defendant’s train and died shortly thereafter. The verdict for the defendant was rightly directed.
Whether the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Oliveria v. OliveriaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Flynn v. LewisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Prondecka v. Turners Falls Power & Electric Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Desmond v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Gallup v. LazottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
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3Cited by7 opinions
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