Ambrose v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

These are two actions of tort to recover for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, her husband, which resulted from his having been struck by a street car of the defendant company while it was being operated by its *220servant, the defendant Stearns. At the close of the evidence each defendant filed a motion for a directed verdict. In each ease the judge denied the motion and the defendant duly excepted. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in each case. The exceptions of the defendants to the denials of the motions for directed verdicts bring the cases before us. The sole contention…