Legal Opinion
Renwick v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 31, 1931PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.
These three cases, which were tried together, are before us upon the plaintiffs’ exceptions to orders directing the entry of verdicts for the defendant, and to certain rulings in the exclusion of evidence at the trial. We find no error. The injured persons were standing upon the roughly ballasted roadway of the street railway in what was, practically, a part of the highway reserved for the use of the railway, where they were struck by the side of a rapidly moving street car. Two of them, Rocco and Renwick, had been riding in an automobile which had run out of gasoline and had a flat tire and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Jeddrey v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Will v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Blanchette v. Union Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- McCrohan v. DavisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Capodilupo v. F. W. Stock & SonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Barnes v. Berkshire Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Commonwealth v. GiacomazzaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Bendett v. BendettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Luz v. Stop & Shop, Inc. of PeabodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
- Brown v. HendersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
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