Legal Opinion
Haun v. LeGrand
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 2, 1929PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
These two actions of tort according to the declarations are to recover damages for injuries to person and property “arising out of an accident or collision in which a motor vehicle was involved.” The motor vehicle belonged to and was registered in the name of the defendant and was being driven by one Carley. Therefore these facts by § 85A, added to G. L. c. 231, by St. 1928, c. 317, § 1, constituted “prima facie evidence that” the motor vehicle was “then being operated by and under the control of a person for whose conduct the defendant was legally responsible, and absence of such…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Goodell v. SviokclaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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