Legal Opinion
Weinschenk v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 5, 1906PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
These were two actions of tort brought to recover damages for personal injuries to the female plaintiff, the wife of the plaintiff in the second suit. At the trial the presiding judge ruled that on the pleadings and evidence the plaintiffs could not recover, and ordered a verdict for the defendant in each case; and the cases are here on the plaintiffs’ exceptions to that ruling. No question, however, was raised as to the pleadings.
There was evidence that on the evening of September 24, 1904, the plaintiffs took a train on the defendant’s road at Atlantic, for the purpose of going to Harrison…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- White v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Byron v. Lynn & Boston RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Timms v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Faulkner v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Barden v. Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Foley v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- McGann v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Partelow v. Newton & Boston Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Anderson v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Hunt v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
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