Legal Opinion
James v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 26, 1909PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The plaintiff was injured while being transported as a passenger in one of the defendant’s electric cars which left the track for some unknown cause. In her action to recover damages for the injury the declaration contained three counts, the first of which was treated at the trial and described in the bill of exceptions as alleging negligence on the part of the persons operating the car; the second alleged negligence in suffering the car to be in an improper and unsafe condition, and the third alleged-negligence as to the condition of the track and the roadbed. On inspection of the first…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Cassady v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Minihan v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Loomis v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Pinney v. HallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Curtin v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
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3Cited by18 opinions
- McNamara v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Gates v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Gilchrist v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Lemay v. Springfield Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Johnson v. Von ScholleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
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