Kelly v. Wakefield & Stoneham Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, for personal injuries occasioned to the plaintiff by the alleged negligence of the defendant. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Hardy, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion. .
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
This was an action to recover for injuries caused by a collision between the plaintiff’s wagon and an electric car of the defendant corporation, as the plaintiff was driving into Main Street from Richardson Street in the town of Wakefield. Apparently, Main Street runs east and west and Richardson Street runs north and south. The tracks of the defendant are on the southerly side of Main Street, and distant seven feet or less from the curbstone of the sidewalk on that side of the street. The accident happened about five minutes past seven o’clock on the evening of November 24, 1897. The…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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