Levy v. Steiger
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries received by the plaintiffs when they were riding as guests in a motor vehicle which came into collision with a motor vehicle driven by the defendant at the intersection of Pawtucket Avenue and Waterman Avenue in the town of 'East Providence in the State of Rhode Island.
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Tort for personal injuries received by the plaintiffs when they were riding as guests in a motor vehicle which came into collision with a motor vehicle driven by the defendant at the intersection of Pawtucket Avenue and Waterman Avenue in the town of 'East Providence in the State of Rhode Island. Writs dated September 9, 1918. In the Superior Court the actions were tried together before Hammond, J., who at the request of the plaintiffs ruled that St.'-1914, c. 553, was applicable to the cases on trial although the injuries were received in the State of Rhode Island. The jury found for the…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The plaintiffs were injured in a collision between an automobile, in which they were riding as guests, and a car driven by the defendant. Although the parties are residents of this Commonwealth, the accident occurred in the town of East Providence in the State of Rhode Island, The judge of the Superior Court ruled that the Massachusetts St. 1914, c. 553, was applicable to the cases on trial; and accordingly instructed the jury that the defendant had the burden of showing contributory negligence on *601the part of the plaintiffs. The defendant’s exception to this ruling and instruction raises the…
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