Sauvan v. Citizens' Electric Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions oe tort, the first by Mary B. Sauvan for personal injuries incurred on April 9,1905, while she was a passenger on a car of the defendant, after she had got upon the car at a regular stopping place when the ear was standing still, from the car starting while she was proceeding to her seat, and causing her to fall or be thrown backward against the woodwork inside the car, and the second action by the husband of the plaintiff in the first case for the loss of her…
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Two actions oe tort, the first by Mary B. Sauvan for personal injuries incurred on April 9,1905, while she was a passenger on a car of the defendant, after she had got upon the car at a regular stopping place when the ear was standing still, from the car starting while she was proceeding to her seat, and causing her to fall or be thrown backward against the woodwork inside the car, and the second action by the husband of the plaintiff in the first case for the loss of her services. Writs dated April 26, 1905. In the Superior Court the cases were tried together before Wait, J. At the close of…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
By the plaintiffs’ evidence Mrs. Sauvan (who will be spoken of hereafter as the plaintiff) had stepped up over the steps into the vestibule and was fairly and fully on the floor of the vestibule of the car before the conductor rang the starting bell. What she complains of is that the starting bell was rung when she had put one foot on the floor of the car, had thrown her weight on to that foot, and was in the act of bringing the other foot up and forward. Her contention is that on this evidence the jury could have found that the conductor, in giving the signal to start the car when he did,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gordon v. West End Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Weeks v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Hamilton v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
3Cited by14 opinions
- Mass Transit Administration v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1974
- Seidenberg v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Martin v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Brocato v. United Railways & Electric Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1916
- Lacour v. Springfield Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
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