Direnski v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort by the administrator of the estate of Dannis Direnski for the causing through negligence of conscious suffering and the death of the plaintiff’s intestate. Writ dated September 14,, 1921. In the Superior Court, the action was tried before Lawton, J. Material evidence and exceptions saved by the defendant are described in the opinion. There was a verdict for the plaintiff in. the sum of $5,000; and the defendant alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The plaintiff’s intestate, Dannis Direnski (hereinafter called the plaintiff), was struck by- an automobile owned by the defendant and driven by one of its servants, as the plaintiff was crossing Branch Street, a public highway in the city of Lowell. Branch Street runs east and west, and in the centre there is a, double set of car tracks, the nearest rail on each side being ten feet from the curbing. On the day in question the plaintiff had crossed Branch Street from his home. He entered the store of one Laroch; when returning, he was run over and received injuries from which he died a few…
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