Ingalls v. Lexington & Boston Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries sustained in a collision of an electric street car of the defendant and an express wagon in which the plaintiff was being driven.
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Tort for personal injuries sustained in a collision of an electric street car of the defendant and an express wagon in which the plaintiff was being driven. Writ dated December 31,1902. The case was tried before Harris, J. The evidence as to the relations between the plaintiff and the driver of the express wagon tended to show that about two years previous to the accident the plaintiff had been engaged in the express business for about two years, that at that time he sold out his express business to Alexander Dwyer and Nelson S. Dwyer, and, after the sale, remained in Lexington about six…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
This is an action to recover for injuries received by the plaintiff from a collision of the defendant’s street railway ear with a wagon on which he was riding. There was evidence of negligence on the part of the defendant’s motorman in running the car at an excessive rate of speed, and perhaps in other particulars, leaving, as the only issue now before the court, the question whether there was evidence that the plaintiff was in the exercise of due care. The accident happened at half past seven o’clock in the evening of October 31, while the plaintiff was riding, by the invitation or with the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Shultz v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Chadbourne v. Springfield Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Miller v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Peabody v. Haverhill, Georgetown & Danvers Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Tennien v. ChaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
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