Legal Opinion

Wilson v. Jeffrey

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided December 5, 1951PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.

These are two actions of tort to recover damages arising from a collision between an automobile in which the plaintiffs were riding in a westerly direction along a main highway in Bolton and an oil trailer drawn by a tractor which was travelling in an easterly direction and which was operated by one Edwards, an employee of the defendant. The accident occurred on the late afternoon of March 2, 1947, at a time when the highway was covered with three or four inches of slush. The jury found for the defendant.

Edwards, called by the defendant, testified that the automobile as it passed the tractor…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TuckerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
  2. Commonwealth v. HomerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
  3. Commonwealth v. RetkovitzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
  4. Commonwealth v. CorcoranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
  5. McDonald v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  2. Commonwealth v. HofferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  3. Commonwealth v. AndrewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
  4. Commonwealth v. ZukoskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  5. Commonwealth v. LacyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976

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