Ferris v. Turner

These are actions of tort under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 229, § 5, as amended, brought by the administrator of the estate of Cynthia L. Ferris, a girl six years and nine months old, to recover for her death on July 15, 1943, when she was struck in Malden by a large tractor or trailer truck operated by the defendant Turner as a servant of the defendant Maine Freightways. There was a verdict for the plaintiff in each case. Exceptions taken by the defendants bring the cases here.

The evidence was conflicting as to the speed of the truck, as to the direction in which the child was crossing, and as to…