Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Lonergan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 14, 1934PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
The plaintiff received personal injuries while riding as the guest of one Connolly, the operator of an automobile hired by him from the defendants in the course of their business of letting automobiles. There was evidence tending to show that Connolly hired the automobile from the defendants under a contract in writing and himself drove it away from the defendants’ place of business; that a short time after driving it upon the highways, having occasion to stop, he applied the brakes in the usual way and the automobile halted suddenly and threw him forward; that he then drove to the home of…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Hess v. PawloskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Opinion of the Justices to the Senate & the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Stone v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- Thibeault v. PooleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Gordon v. BedardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Carter v. Yardley & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Pridgen v. Boston Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Wallace v. LudwigMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- A.L. v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- Morrison v. MedagliaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
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