O'Brien v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort at common law, by the administratrix of the estate of James O’Brien, to recover for the conscious suffering of the plaintiff’s intestate from personal injuries sustained by him on May 18, 1909, from being struck by a street railway car alleged to have been operated at an excessive rate of speed by the servants of the defendant, resulting in the death of the intestate on June 27,1909. Writ dated December 28, 1911. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Dana, J.,…
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Tort at common law, by the administratrix of the estate of James O’Brien, to recover for the conscious suffering of the plaintiff’s intestate from personal injuries sustained by him on May 18, 1909, from being struck by a street railway car alleged to have been operated at an excessive rate of speed by the servants of the defendant, resulting in the death of the intestate on June 27,1909. Writ dated December 28, 1911. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Dana, J., who at the close of the evidence, which is described in the opinion, ordered a verdict for the defendant and reported…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This action is brought to recover for the conscious suffering of the plaintiff’s intestate caused by injuries received on account of being struck by an electric car of the defendant at the intersection of Irving and Cambridge Streets in Boston, on May 18, 1909, between eleven thirty and twelve o’clock at night, as he was attempting to cross Cambridge Street on the easterly or in town cross walk from the southerly to the northerly side, the street running east and west and Irving Street leading off Cambridge Street on the south. The defendant maintains double tracks in the centre of Cambridge…
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