Legal Opinion
Gaboriault v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 2, 1935PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
This is an action of tort to recover for personal property damages by reason of a locomotive of the defendant striking the .truck of the plaintiff at a railroad crossing. The case was tried to a jury. At the close of all the evidence the defendant requested the judge to rule “upon the pleadings and upon all the law and the evidence the plaintiff is not entitled to recover,” and moved “that a verdict be directed in favor of the defendant.” This motion was allowed, but before its allowance the parties “stipulated” and “agreed”- “that if the court erred in directing a verdict for the defendant,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Chase v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Slattery v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Fortune v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- McDonald v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Brusseau v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Klegerman v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Germaine v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Duval v. DuvalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Brown v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Papageorge v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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