Legal Opinion
Papageorge v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 26, 1944PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
This is an action of tort to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff on the afternoon of March 8, 1941, when a large truck which he was operating *236was struck by a train at a grade crossing on Boston Street, in Lynn. The jury found for the defendant on one count of the declaration which alleged a failure upon the part of the defendant to give the signals required by G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 160, § 138 (now amended by St. 1941, c. 273, § 2), and for the plaintiff upon another count which was based upon a common law cause of action for negligence of the defendant. The plaintiff…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Slattery v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Lundergan v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Ellis v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Klegerman v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Germaine v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Campbell v. AshlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Verrocchi v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Fay v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Holmes v. New York Central RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
- O'BRIEN v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
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