Legal Opinion
Davis v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 2, 1930PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
These actions of tort, arising out of a collision between an eastbound automobile truck and a northbound passenger train, occurred at about 8:20 a.m. daylight saving time, August 20, 1926, at a private railroad crossing at grade, located a short distance south of the defendant’s passenger station at Falmouth in this Commonwealth. The first action is to recover for the conscious suffering and death of Gilbert H. Denham, the operator of the truck; the second is to recover for damages to the truck and contents and is brought by the owner who was the employer of the decedent.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Bourne v. WhitmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Chase v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Tully v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Dixon v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Lundergan v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Kenney v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Couto v. Trustees of New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Quinby v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Anderson v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Tamkun v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
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