Dudley v. Northampton Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries to the plaintiff and damage to his automobile resulting from a collision between it and an electric street car of the defendant. Writ dated March 3, 1906. The case was tried before Brown, J. The material facts are stated in the opinion. At the close of the evidence the presiding judge ordered a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions.
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Tort for personal injuries to the plaintiff and damage to his automobile resulting from a collision between it and an electric street car of the defendant. Writ dated March 3, 1906. The case was tried before Brown, J. The material facts are stated in the opinion. At the close of the evidence the presiding judge ordered a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions. The case was argued at the bar in September, 1908, before Knowlton, C. J., Morton, Boring, Sheldon, & Rugg, JJ., and afterwards was submitted on briefs to all the justices.
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
It was provided by the statutes in force at the time of this accident that no person should operate an automobile or motor cycle upon any public highway or private way in this Commonwealth laid out under authority of statute unless he had been licensed to do so and unless his automobile or motor cycle had been registered as prescribed. Sts. 1903, c. 473; 1905, c. 311. But it was also provided by § 2 of the act last cited that “ any automobile or motor cycle owned by a non-resident of this State who has complied with the laws relative to motor vehicles and the operation thereof of the State in…
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