Griffin v. Springfield Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries sustained on December 26, 1907, when the plaintiff was a passenger on an electric street railway car operated by the defendant at or near the corner of Liberty and Genessee Streets in Springfield.
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Tort for personal injuries sustained on December 26, 1907, when the plaintiff was a passenger on an electric street railway car operated by the defendant at or near the corner of Liberty and Genessee Streets in Springfield. Writ dated May 26, 1908. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Pierce, J., who, at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, the material part of which is described in the opinion, ruled that there was no sufficient evidence of any negligence on the part of the defendant to entitle the plaintiff to recover, and ordered a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while a passenger upon one of the street railway cars operated by the defendant. The evidence tended to show that the car was of the ordinary type of closed car, with a vestibule at each end. The usual signal to start the car was given just as the plaintiff had gotten into the body of the car “and was about to take a seat,” or “was about to sit down on one of the seats running lengthwise of the car,” and that *56then "the car started with a jerk by reason of which the plaintiff was violently thrown backwards” and injured. She…
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- Hunt v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Martin v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Craig v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
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