Legal Opinion

Brereton v. Milford & Uxbridge Street Railway Co.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 1, 1916PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.

The plaintiff, while travelling on foot on Hollis Street in the village of South Framingham, was struck from behind by an electric car of the defendant and thereby received* the injuries for which this action is brought.

The defendant’s single track, which runs from South Framing-ham toward the town of Holliston, is on the left side of Hollis Street and within the finished surface of the highway.

At the time of the accident the plaintiff was fifty-two years old. She was very deaf, but there is nothing to show that she was not in full possession of her other senses. She lived on Hollis Street…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Vincent v. Norton & Taunton Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
  2. Callahan v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
  3. Chaput v. Haverhill, Georgetown & Danvers Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
  4. McCue v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
  5. Smallwood v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. DeLodge v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
  2. Brown v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939

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