Legal Opinion

Brown v. Robinson

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 3, 1931PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBugg, C.J.

This is an action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries received by the plaintiff, while driving an automobile at the rate of about ten miles an hour, through collision with an automobile negligently driven by the defendant. The trial judge found that the plaintiff had entered the area forming the intersection of two streets before the defendant reached it, and was therefore entitled to the right of way under G. L. c. 89, § 8, as amended by St. 1928, c. 357, § 4, and St. 1929, c. 147, § 1, and that the defendant thereafter entered that area, ran into the automobile driven by.…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Duggan v. Bay State Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
  2. BergeronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
  3. Wheelwright v. Tax CommissionerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
  4. Rosenthal v. LissMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
  5. McFeely v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Bresnick v. HeathMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
  2. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. ClubMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
  3. Commonwealth v. JarrettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
  4. City of Boston v. Quincy Market Cold Storage & Warehouse Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
  5. Johnson's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945

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