Saisa v. Lilja

MORTON, Circuit Judge.

This was an action under the Massachusetts statute to recover damages for negligently causing death. There was a verdict for the plaintiff, administrator of the person killed, and the defendant has appealed. We shall refer to the parties, plaintiff and defendant, as they appeared in the lower court.

From the evidence submitted, the jury would have been warranted in finding that the defendant and one Keefe, being together at a gas station with' their automobiles outside, agreed to race their cars over the public highway from Maynard, Mass., to West Concord, Mass., and…