Worcester & Suburban Street Railway Co. v. Travelers Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract by a street railway company upon a policy insuring the plaintiff “ against loss from liability to every person who may, during a period of twelve months, from twelve o’clock meridian of August 18, 1898, accidentally sustain bodily injuries while travelling on any railway of the insured, or while in a car or upon the railway bed, or other property of the insured, under circumstances which shall impose upon the insured a common law or statutory liability for such…
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Contract by a street railway company upon a policy insuring the plaintiff “ against loss from liability to every person who may, during a period of twelve months, from twelve o’clock meridian of August 18, 1898, accidentally sustain bodily injuries while travelling on any railway of the insured, or while in a car or upon the railway bed, or other property of the insured, under circumstances which shall impose upon the insured a common law or statutory liability for such injuries,” to recover sums of money which the plaintiff had paid under its statutory liability for the deaths of certain…
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
By the terms of the policy the defendant insured the plaintiff “ against loss from liability to- every person who may, during a period of twelve months ” from a time named, “accidentally sustain bodily injuries while travelling on any railway of the insured, or while in a car or upon the railway bed, or other property of the insured, under circumstances which shall impose upon the insured a common law or statutory liability for such injuries.”
The question presented is whether the terms of the policy are broad enough to cover the case where a person who is a traveller on the plaintiff road…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mulhall v. FallonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Mandell v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- Bowes v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Littlejohn v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Commonwealth v. Boston & Lowell RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Gaudette v. WebbMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Hudson v. Lynn & Boston RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Cornell v. . Travelers' Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Sherlag v. KelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Smith v. Thomson-Houston Electric Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
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