Legal Opinion
McCarthy v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 3, 1946PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
These are two actions of tort brought to recover for the deaths on August 29, 1941, of Margaret J. ■ and Rose McCarthy resulting from a collision of an automobile in which they were riding with a train of the defendant. At the close of the plaintiffs’ evidence the defendant rested and moved for directed verdicts on all counts then remaining in the declaration in each case.1 The motion was granted except as to the first count in the action brought by the administrator of the estate of Rose McCarthy and the first and ninth counts in the action brought by the administrator of the estate of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Brosnan v. KoufmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Murphy v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Hafey v. Turners Falls Power & Electric Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Wheelwright v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CarrMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Duff v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
- Beausoleil v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2001
- Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company v. BranhamDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1958
- Sawler v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
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