Hastings v. Northampton Transit Co.

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

This action was started in the court below by John M. Hastings for injuries he received in a collision between his Ford sedan and defendant’s trolley car. Hastings, who was 60 years of age, died prior to the trial and the pleadings were amended by substituting the present plaintiff. Verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff and the learned court below refused a motion for judgment for the defendant, n. o. v., and this appeal followed.

Oh the 23d of July, 1927, about six o’clock in the evening, the defendant’s car was proceeding northward at a very moderate rate of…