Legal Opinion
O'Callaghan v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 19, 1924PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
This action is to recover for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, who was killed, about nine o’clock in the morning February 27, 1921, by reason of being struck by an electric car operated by the defendant on Beacon Street, Somerville. A witness palled by the plaintiff, who “ saw about all there was of the occurrence,” testified he was standing on Beacon Street waiting for an inbound car and saw the plaintiff’s intestate “ coming out of Kent Street ” and continuing across Beacon Street; that when she stepped from the curb to cross Beacon Street the electric car was about two hundred feet…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Duggan v. Bay State Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Pigeon v. Massachusetts Northeastern Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Sullivan v. ChadwickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Conroy v. MaxwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Will v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Lydon v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Joyce v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Murphy v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Fulton v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Daignault v. Berkshire Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
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