Farris v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, by the administratrix of the estate of Benjamin W. Farris, for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff’s intestate at about 5.30 o’clock p. M. on December 31, 1908, from being run into by an electric car of the defendant, while he was attempting to drive across Columbus Avenue in Boston, as described in the opinion. Writ dated October 19, 1909. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Sherman, J. The evidence is described in the opinion.
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Tort, by the administratrix of the estate of Benjamin W. Farris, for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff’s intestate at about 5.30 o’clock p. M. on December 31, 1908, from being run into by an electric car of the defendant, while he was attempting to drive across Columbus Avenue in Boston, as described in the opinion. Writ dated October 19, 1909. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Sherman, J. The evidence is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence the defendant asked the judge to rule that upon all the evidence the plaintiff was not entitled to recover.…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is an action for personal injuries received by the plaintiff’s intestate while travelling with a horse and buggy on a public way in the evening, through collision with a car of the defendant. There was evidence tending to show that the accident occurred in Boston, on Columbus Avenue, which at this point was straight for more than a quarter of a mile and was about fifty-three feet wide between curbstones. Two tracks of the defendant ran in the middle part of the street. The plaintiff’s intestate drove out of Davenport Street, which intersects Columbus Avenue on' its easterly side, into…
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