Niles v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff on May 25, 1915, by reason of being* struck by a street railway car of the defendant from which the plaintiff had alighted as a passenger on Galen Street in Watertown.
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Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff on May 25, 1915, by reason of being* struck by a street railway car of the defendant from which the plaintiff had alighted as a passenger on Galen Street in Watertown. Writ dated July 21, 1915. In the Superior Court the case first was tried before Lawton, J. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,000; and the defendant alleged exceptions, which were sustained by this court in a decision reported in 225 Mass. 570. The plaintiff having amended her declaration, as suggested in that decision, the case was tried again…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The Watertown car on which the plaintiff was a passenger went no farther than the car barn on Galen Street. The car for Newton was waiting a short distance ahead, on the same track, and the conductor gave her a transfer check for that car. In response to his call all the passengers left the car by the rear door, the plaintiff being the last one to alight. It could be found that as she stepped to the street an automobile came up, and proceeded slowly at the right of the plaintiff as she walked
in the direction of the Newton car. She was walking alongside the Watertown car, about two feet from…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Widmer v. West End Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Gannaway v. Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1914
- Niles v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Bryant v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Brightman v. Union Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Head v. MortonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- McManus v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Noonan v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Fairbanks v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Gerhart v. Holyoke Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
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