Legal Opinion

Morel v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 24, 1921PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Three actions of tort, respectively for the causing of death of the intestate of the plaintiff in the first action, for causing personal injuries to the plaintiff in the second action and for causing damage to the motor truck of the plaintiff in the third action in a collision, on a grade crossing of a highway with the railroad of the defendant, of a motor truck of the plaintiff in the third action driven by the intestate of the plaintiff in the first action, with whom the…

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Three actions of tort, respectively for the causing of death of the intestate of the plaintiff in the first action, for causing personal injuries to the plaintiff in the second action and for causing damage to the motor truck of the plaintiff in the third action in a collision, on a grade crossing of a highway with the railroad of the defendant, of a motor truck of the plaintiff in the third action driven by the intestate of the plaintiff in the first action, with whom the plaintiff in the second action was riding. -Writs in the first and second actions dated March 16, 1917, and in the third…

1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.

These are three actions of tort founded on a collision between an automobile truck, owned by Armour and Company, driven by Conrad Morel, upon which the plaintiff Delisle was riding, and a locomotive of the defendant at a grade crossing. Morel, whose administratrix brings an action to recover for his death, was employed as chauffeur by Armour and Company to drive its truck. Delisle, who seeks to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him, was employed by Armour and Company as helper. The action by Armour and Company is to recover damages for injury to the truck. . The time of the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Duggan v. Bay State Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
  2. Sponatski's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
  3. Shultz v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
  4. Sullivan v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
  5. Leland v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of AmericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Bessey v. SalemmeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  2. Dunbar v. Ferrera Bros.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
  3. Klegerman v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
  4. Daniels v. CohenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
  5. Horton v. Town of North AttleboroughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939

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