Conry v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for causing the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, Annie Cullen, on June 4, 1913. Writ dated August 16, 1913. In the Superior Court the action was tried before Hitchcock, J. The material evidence and exceptions saved by the defendant are described in the opinion.
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Tort for causing the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, Annie Cullen, on June 4, 1913. Writ dated August 16, 1913. In the Superior Court the action was tried before Hitchcock, J. The material evidence and exceptions saved by the defendant are described in the opinion. A reduced copy of a plan which was in evidence and which shows the location and surroundings of the place of the accident is shown on page 413. There was a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $5,000; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The case was argued at the bar in March, 1917, before Rugg, C. J., Crosby, Pierce, &…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
The plaintiff’s intestate, Annie Cullen, was struck and killed by a passenger train bound from "Boston to Lowell, while -crossing the defendant’s tracks in front of the North Somerville station, about three o’clock in the afternoon of June 4,1913. She lived on Newburn Avenue, Somerville, which ran from the easterly side of the railroad location. On this side and extending across Newburn Avenue was a fence, in the centre of which an opening with posts about two feet apart made a suitable entrance for pedestrians from Newburn Avenue to the railroad premises and a suitable exit from there to the…
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