Kiley v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of tort, the first for personal injuries received by a minor and caused by his hand being run over by a street car of the defendant on December 15, 1906, as stated in the opinion. The second action was by the father of the plaintiff in the first action for loss of the services of his minor son and for expense of medical attendance and nursing due to the injury above mentioned.
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Two actions of tort, the first for personal injuries received by a minor and caused by his hand being run over by a street car of the defendant on December 15, 1906, as stated in the opinion. The second action was by the father of the plaintiff in the first action for loss of the services of his minor son and for expense of medical attendance and nursing due to the injury above mentioned. Writs dated March 9, 1907. In the Superior Court the cases were tried together before Dana, J. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence the presiding judge ordered verdicts for the defendant; and the…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, J.
Raymond Kiley, hereafter referred to as the plaintiff, was at the time of his injuries, which are the subject of this action, a bright boy almost eight years old. At about ten o’clock in the forenoon of a day in December he was coasting on a single sled, lying on his stomach, on Lexington Street, in the Charlestown District. At a place where it was steep Lexington Street crossed at a right angle Bunker Hill Street, in which were double tracks of the defendant. Just before the plaintiff reached the junction of the two streets another boy on a sled came down the hill and, turning to the right…
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- Strutzel v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Black v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Hamilton v. West End Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
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