Godfrey v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

These are two actions of tort. The first is to recover damages to the plaintiff, a minor six years and eight months old at the time of . the accident, for injuries caused by being run over by a car operated by the defendant company. The second is by the father for loss of services, medical attendance and nursing. The accident happened on June 28, 1903, at about half past seven o’clock in the evening on Dorchester Avenue in Boston. The two actions were tried and have been argued together. At the close of the evidence the presiding judge directed a verdict for the *433defendant, and the case is…