Connolly v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of tort, the first for personal injuries and the second for damages to a horse and wagon resulting from a collision on October 23, 1917, between the team, which was being driven by the plaintiff in the first action, and an electric street car of the defendant. Writs dated March 19, 1918. In the Superior Court the actions were tried together before Hammond, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion.
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Two actions of tort, the first for personal injuries and the second for damages to a horse and wagon resulting from a collision on October 23, 1917, between the team, which was being driven by the plaintiff in the first action, and an electric street car of the defendant. Writs dated March 19, 1918. In the Superior Court the actions were tried together before Hammond, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion. At the close of the plaintiffs’ evidence, the judge ordered, a verdict for the defendant in each action and reported them for determination by this court with “the…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
These are two actions of tort, the first to recover for personal injuries, the second for damage to property. The plaintiff Connolly was injured while travelling with a horse' and wagon belonging to his employer, Solomon, by reason of a collision of the wagon and an electric car of the defendant at the intersection of Warren and Maywood streets, in the city of Boston.
Warren Street at the place of the accident runs in a northerly and southerly direction, and on it were two tracks of the defendant; from the easterly side it is entered by Maywood Street at a steep descending grade. The plaintiff…
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- Jeddrey v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Halloran v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Horsman v. Brockton & Plymouth Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Hurley v. West End Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Driscoll v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
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- Barnett v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923