Legal Opinion

Bresnahan v. Proman

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided August 5, 1942PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.

This is an action to recover for personal injury and property damage alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff when he drove his automobile into the rear of the defendant’s automobile on “Route 28,” a two lane concrete highway, in Windham in the State of New Hampshire, at about 8 f.m. on April 6, 1938. The only breach of duty on the part of the defendant of which the record discloses any evidence consisted in allowing his automobile to stand on the plaintiff's right hand lane without a lighted tail light. Such light is required by Public Laws of New Hampshire, c. 103, § 6, as amended by…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Davis v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
  2. Long v. GeorgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
  3. Newcomb v. Boston Protective DepartmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
  4. Pizer v. HuntMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
  5. Gordon v. BedardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Bartley v. PhillipsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  2. Hartmann v. Boston Herald-Traveler Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
  3. Bucchiere v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
  4. In re LoebMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  5. Gregory v. Maine Central RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945

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