Legal Opinion
Turner v. Berkshire Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 31, 1935PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is an action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff through the negligence of an agent of the defendant. It was tried with another action brought by the same plaintiff against one Godino, the owner and operator of an automobile. There was evidence sufficient to establish these facts: The defendant was a common carrier of passengers for hire, operating a seven passenger sedan automobile called a bus. The plaintiff, at about four o’clock in the afternoon of a December day in 1932, paid her fare and took a seat in the bus, then…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Nash v. LangMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Feneff v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Salem Trust Co. v. DeeryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Glennen v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Lemay v. Springfield Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Hathaway v. Checker Taxi Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Holton v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Golden v. AmoryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- Luff v. MahlowitzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- McNally v. Union Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
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