Legal Opinion
Porter v. Sorell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 26, 1932PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.
The plaintiff’s intestate was killed on or about May 19, 1929, in a collision between an automobile owned and operated by the defendant Sorell and a truck operated by an employee of the Mexican Petroleum Corporation. In separate suits brought under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 229, § 5, by the plaintiff as administratrix against the defendant Sorell and the Mexican Petroleum Corporation for negligently causing the death of her intestate, she recovered verdicts of the same amount. Both cases went to judgment. The Mexican Petroleum Corporation paid the full amount of the execution which issued on the…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Morse v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Boott Mills v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Vigeant v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Commonwealth v. S. S. Kresge Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Oulighan v. ButlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- Oliveria v. OliveriaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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