Legal Opinion
Olsen v. New England Fuel & Transportation Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 25, 1925PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.
The bill of exceptions presents two questions: Was the testimony of Stromberg properly admitted? and: Was there evidence of negligence sufficient to entitle the plaintiff to go to the jury?
The exception to the admission of the evidence must be overruled. Stromberg was asked whether, from an inspection of the valve whose breaking caused the injury, he was able to state what would have been an adequate cause for breaking out the piece then missing. This was a proper subject for expert testimony. The witness was a machinist and steam engineer who, for the eighteen years preceding, had worked…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Griffin v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Hanna v. ShawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Wadsworth v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Johnson v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Mooney v. Connecticut River Lumber Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
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3Cited by16 opinions
- DeFilippo's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Mucha v. Northeastern Crushed Stone Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Convery v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Guinan v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Gilmore v. KilbournMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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