Bond v. Inhabitants of Billerica
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Fomt actions of tort, the first, second and fourth being for personal injuries received on November 16, 1918, when the plaintiffs were riding in a “Ford touring car” belonging to the plaintiff in the third action, which ran from the Boston Road down an embankment into the Concord River in the town of Billerica. The third action is for damages to the motor car.
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Fomt actions of tort, the first, second and fourth being for personal injuries received on November 16, 1918, when the plaintiffs were riding in a “Ford touring car” belonging to the plaintiff in the third action, which ran from the Boston Road down an embankment into the Concord River in the town of Billerica. The third action is for damages to the motor car. Writs dated December 26, 1918. The actions were tried together before Lawton, J. Material evidence is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence, the defendant • moved that a verdict be ordered in its favor in each action.…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The plaintiffs, while riding in a Ford automobile driven by the plaintiff Francis D. Bond, were injured on a public highway known as the Boston road in the defendant town. Near the scene of the accident the road turns sharply to the left at a point about one hundred feet from where it enters a bridge which spans the Concord River. Southerly, the highway is built up to the level of the bridge. The automobile was on the right hand side of the road and had just made the curve, when, according to the plaintiff’s testimony, because of the presence of sand and *121loose material in the highway, it…
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