Adams v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.

These are two actions of tort, brought by the plaintiff as executrix of the will of Otis Adams. The first action is brought, under the R. L. c. Ill, § 267, for the death of her testate, in consequence of his being struck by an electric car run by the defendant. The second action is for conscious suffering. At the trial in the Superior Court, at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, the judge, at the request of the defendant, directed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant in each case; and the cases are before us on the plaintiff’s exceptions.

It was incumbent on the plaintiff in each…