Legal Opinion
Couto v. Trustees of New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 24, 1942PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
These two actions arise from a collision on June 14, 1938, between a passenger train of the defendants and a motor truck at a “private crossing” at grade in Bourne. The first action was originally brought in the Superior Court and was intended to be an action under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 229, § 3, for so negligently operating the train as to cause the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, who was driving the truck. The second action, originally brought in a District Court and later removed to the Superior Court, is by the truck owner for negligence of the defendants causing the demolition of the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Redigan v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Chandler v. DunlopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Donnelly v. MontagueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Jones v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Thayer v. ShoreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- McCarthy v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Chronopoulos v. Gil Wyner Co. Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
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