Brown v. Thayer
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Three actions of tort, the first under R. L. c. 171, § 2, as amended by_St. 1907, c. 375, by the administrator of the estate of Richard Brown, against the respective owners of two automobiles jointly for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have been caused while he was walking on Gannett Street in Scituate by negligence of the drivers of the automobiles; the second and third actions being brought by a companion of the intestate in the first case against the…
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Three actions of tort, the first under R. L. c. 171, § 2, as amended by_St. 1907, c. 375, by the administrator of the estate of Richard Brown, against the respective owners of two automobiles jointly for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have been caused while he was walking on Gannett Street in Scituate by negligence of the drivers of the automobiles; the second and third actions being brought by a companion of the intestate in the first case against the respective owners of the automobiles for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by such negligence. Writs dated…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The plaintiff’s intestate, and the plaintiff Creesy, were travelling on foot over a public way, and nearly parallel with them a carriage with two occupants was going in the same direction. At the time of the accident the pedestrians were on the extreme right, with the carriage slightly in advance intervening between them and the left side of the street. In their rear the automobiles of the defendants in the control and management of their respective servants were approaching intending as shown by the event to pass the team in the ordinary course of travel. The law of the road as defined in…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Carroll v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Feneff v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Oulighan v. ButlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
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