Johnson v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

This is an action of tort for injuries to the plaintiff’s automobile resulting from a collision between it and one of the defendant’s streét cars on Boylston Street in Boston. The trial judge directed a verdict for the defendant and reported the case.

The automobile, which had a wheel base in excess of one hundred and thirty inches, was being operated by the plaintiff’s chauffeur, and the back seat was occupied at the time by the plaintiff and two others. Before the accident the automobile had been parked diagonally to the sidewalk with the front end toward the curb, on the right hand side of…