Legal Opinion
Jacobson v. Stone
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 2, 1931PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
This is an action of tort — brought originally
against Robert Stone and his wife, Rita Stone, and later discontinued as against Robert Stone — to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff when riding in an automobile operated by Rita Stone, herein called the defendant. The defendant’s motion for a directed verdict was denied and she excepted. A verdict for the plaintiff resulted.
There was evidence of ordinary negligence on the part of the defendant, but of no other or greater culpability, so that a verdict for her should have been directed if the. plaintiff was…
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- Flynn v. LewisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
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3Cited by21 opinions
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