Morrissey v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

This action was brought by William E. Morrissey to recover for personal injuries; and he is hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff although the action is now being prosecuted by his administrator. The collision complained of occurred between six and seven o’clock, in the evening of January 31, 1908, at the corner of Dorchester Avenue and West Fourth Street in South Boston. The defendant company maintained double tracks on both streets. At the time of . the accident cars were running southerly on Dorchester Avenue *425as often as once a minute, more than one half of them proceeding straight down…