Dean v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Three actions of tort for personal injuries sustained on Jan- • uary 22,1908, from a collision with a street railway car owned and operated by the defendant when the plaintiffs were travelling in an automobile owned and driven by the plaintiff Charles R. Dean at the intersection of Brookline Avenue and the Riverway parkway in Boston.
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Three actions of tort for personal injuries sustained on Jan- • uary 22,1908, from a collision with a street railway car owned and operated by the defendant when the plaintiffs were travelling in an automobile owned and driven by the plaintiff Charles R. Dean at the intersection of Brookline Avenue and the Riverway parkway in Boston. Writs dated June 1, 1908. The defendant’s amended answer in each of the cases contained a general denial and an allegation that at the time of the injury the plaintiff was unlawfully on the highway because the automobile in which the plaintiff was travelling was…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
These are actions of tort arising out of a collision between an automobile and an electric car. One important question at the trial was whether the automobile was registered as required by law. The only evidence bearing upon that point was this: The plaintiff Charles R. Dean testified that he was the owner of the automobile, whose identity was established by the manufacturer’s number, that it was the only car he owned or registered in the years 1907 and 1908, the accident having occurred in January, 1908, and that he was unable to find his registration certificates. The law in force at the…
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- Dudley v. Northampton Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
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- Banks v. BramanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
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