Mahoney v. Walter Reed Corp.

In this action of tort the plaintiff sues the defendant for property damage to his automobile, which collided with an island dividing the highway on the Mystic Valley Parkway, Medford, the defendant having constructed the island under a contract with the Metropolitan District Commission. The plaintiff alleged negligence on the part of the defendant. The defendant’s answer was a general denial and set up the defenses of contributory negligence, statutory violation and illegal registration on the part of the plaintiff.

There was evidence tending to show "that the defendant company had been doing…