Bouvier v. Bouvier

This is an action of tort by writ commenced in the District Court* of Lowell, in which the plaintiff claimed personal injury by reason of the negligence of the defendant, who is alleged to have closed the door of an automobile on the plaintiff’s hand.

The defendant answered with a general denial and a specific answer of contributory negligence.

At the trial there was evidence tending to prove that in July of 1953, the defendant Edward Bouvier, who is the brother of the plaintiff, made a social call on his brother at his home in Billerica. The defendant drove his automobile on a driveway…