Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Transit Authority v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 10, 1949PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
This is an action of tort for property damage resulting from a collision of an express truck of the defendant and a street car of the plaintiff1 in Medford on July 18, 1944. The writ was dated December 5, 1945. The questions before us relate to the admissibility of evidence offered to support averments in the defendant’s answer that the plaintiff has voluntarily relinquished by waiver its cause of action and that its cause of action is res judicata, and to the propriety of the denial by the judge of certain requests for rulings.
*708On April 2, 1945, the plaintiff brought an action of tort in the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Samuel v. Page-Storms Drop Forge Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- E. S. Parks Shellac Co. v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Hays v. Georgian Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Doujotos v. LeventhalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Farnum v. BradyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Simons v. American Dry Ginger Ale Co. Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Spence v. ReederMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Hacker v. BeckMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
- Malloy v. Coldwater Seafood Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Bachorz v. Miller-ForslundCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
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