Sughrue v. Bay State Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions op tort, the first action being for personal injuries received by a daughter, two and one half years of age, of the plaintiff in the second case, when she was struck by an electric street car operated by the defendant on Sea Street in Quincy, and the second action being by the father for consequential damages. Writs dated August 10, 1916. In the Superior Court the actions were tried together before Jenney, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion.
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Two actions op tort, the first action being for personal injuries received by a daughter, two and one half years of age, of the plaintiff in the second case, when she was struck by an electric street car operated by the defendant on Sea Street in Quincy, and the second action being by the father for consequential damages. Writs dated August 10, 1916. In the Superior Court the actions were tried together before Jenney, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence the defendant moved that a verdict be ordered in its favor. The motion was denied. The…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
Mary Sughrue, a little girl about two and a half years old, (hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff,) while crossing Sea Street, in Quincy, was struck by an electric car of the defendant. She sues, by her next friend, for personal injuries; and her father’s action is for expenses and loss of services. The questions presented by the exceptions are whether there was evidence of the plaintiff’s due care and of the motorman’s negligence to warrant the submission of these issues to the jury.
Sea Street is sixty feet wide. On the southerly side was the Sughrue house, the piazza of which was some…
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