Legal Opinion

Comeau v. Harrington

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 30, 1955PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Exceptions overruled. This is an action of tort for personal injuries and property damage arising out of a collision on a public highway between an unregistered automobile of the female plaintiff operated by the male plaintiff and an automobile of the female defendant operated negligently, but not in a wilful, wanton, or reckless manner, by the male defendant. The judge directed verdicts for the defendants. The plaintiffs excepted, and urge us to overrule the doctrine first enunciated by this court in Dudley v. Northampton Street Railway, 202 Mass. 443. See Dean v. Leonard, 323 Mass. 606,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Dudley v. Northampton Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  2. Dean v. LeonardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
  3. Bursey's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Brown v. Church of the Holy Name of JesusSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1969
  2. Coyle v. SwansonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
  3. Simpson v. Truesdale Hospital, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
  4. Companion v. ColomboMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
  5. Ostertag v. CahalinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962

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