Hubbard v. Conti

These are two actions of tort, brought by the administratrix of the estate of Harry A. Hubbard, to recover for his death as the result of a collision in Brimfield on May 14, 1941, between one and two o’clock in the morning, of an automobile owned and operated by him with a tractor-trailer, nearly fifty feet long and weighing ten tons, owned by the defendant Boston & Buffalo Transportation Company and operated by its servant the defendant Conti. In each action there was also a count for damage to the automobile. There was a verdict for the plaintiff upon each count in each case. The cases come…