Cox v. South Shore & Boston Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, under St. 1886, c. 140, by the administrator of the estate of Edward Cox for the loss of life of his intestate, alleged to have been run over and killed by an electric car of the defendant through the gross negligence of the defendant’s servants. Writ dated October 17, 1900. . At the trial in the Superior Court Fox, J. refused the defendant’s requests for rulings and submitted the case to the jury, who returned a verdict for the plaintiff.
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Tort, under St. 1886, c. 140, by the administrator of the estate of Edward Cox for the loss of life of his intestate, alleged to have been run over and killed by an electric car of the defendant through the gross negligence of the defendant’s servants. Writ dated October 17, 1900. . At the trial in the Superior Court Fox, J. refused the defendant’s requests for rulings and submitted the case to the jury, who returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant alleged exceptions, with an agreement of the parties that, if upon all the evidence the plaintiff was not entitled to recover, judgment…
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
The accident occurred on Centre Street in the city of Brockton near the corner of Short Street. The latter street is about eight hundred and forty-eight feet west of Beaver Brook, which is the boundary line between Abington and Brockton. Centre Street is a country road, running through a sparsely settled district. It is fifty feet wide from wall to wall, with a roadbed in the centre, and a strip of rough ground sloping down to the wall on each side, eight to ten feet wide. There are no sidewalks on the street. The roadbed of the defendant is on the southerly side of Centre Street, the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hinckley v. Cape Cod RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Tyndale v. Old Colony RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Chandler v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Murphy v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Moore v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
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- Mehan v. Lowell Electric Light Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Lizotte v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Neale v. Springfield Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
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