Todd v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

This is an action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries. The plaintiff alone testified as to liability. Evidence as to his injuries was given by several of his relatives as well as by himself. The presiding judge* of the Superior Court gave instructions, to which no exception was taken, as to due care and negligence. In the part of the charge touching *506damages he said, “You will notice in all of these cases that, when the testimony comes from the family of the plaintiff, the plaintiff was the most perfect specimen of manhood, imaginary, before the accident, and is the most…