Legal Opinion
Barton v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 4, 1955PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
About 2:15 on the afternoon of January 15, 1949, a truck driven by the plaintiff Barton and owned by the plaintiff H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc., was run into by a locomotive owned and operated by the defendant at a grade crossing at North Scituate. As a result of the collision Barton sustained personal injuries and the truck of H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc., was damaged, and this action of tort is brought to recover for the personal injuries and property damage sustained respectively by each. The declaration originally contained six counts but we are concerned with only two, counts 2 and 5, which are…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Kelly v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Hicks v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- Berwick & Smith Co. v. Salem Press, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
- Gannett v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Clapp v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Hannon v. Hayes-Bickford Lunch System, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- McEvoy v. GinsbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- Newman v. RedstoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Trott v. Yankee Network, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
- Fay v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
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