Legal Opinion
Blackman v. Coffin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 1, 1938PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDolan, J.
This is an action of tort to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while riding as a guest in an automobile owned and operated by the defendant. The case was referred to an auditor whose findings of fact were not to be final and who filed his report in which he found for the defendant. Thereafter the case was tried to a jury, and now comes before us on the exceptions of the plaintiff to the exclusion of certain evidence, and to the action of the trial judge in directing a verdict for the defendant at the close of the evidence.
The plaintiff testified in direct examination…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Sullivan v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Solomon v. DabrowskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Drew v. DrewMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Commonwealth v. BishopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Dzura v. PhillipsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. NiziolekMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Morrissey v. PowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Commonwealth v. RubinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Commonwealth v. ConnollyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- In re WelanskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
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