Crimmins v. Armstrong Transfer Express Co.

This is an action of tort to recover damages alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant’s servant.

The plaintiff, while a traveller upon a public street, was struck by a double team driven by the defendant’s servant, and was *156knocked down and run over. The accident occurred between eight and nine o’clock in the evening of July 13, 1912, on Union Street in Boston. The plaintiff started to cross the street upon the cross walk, and, to quote his own words, “As I stepped off the curbstone I looked to my left. I thought if there were any teams coming they should be coming up on…