Marsal v. Hickey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of tort, the first for personal injuries, and the second for the death of a horse and damage to a buggy and harness, all alleged to have been sustained on the evening of August 1,1914, when Harriet Marsal, the plaintiff in the first case, was seated by the side of plaintiff in the second case in a buggy in which that plaintiff was driving on Harrington Street in Shrewsbury and they were run into by a motor car owned by the defendant and operated by one Haas, who…
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Two actions of tort, the first for personal injuries, and the second for the death of a horse and damage to a buggy and harness, all alleged to have been sustained on the evening of August 1,1914, when Harriet Marsal, the plaintiff in the first case, was seated by the side of plaintiff in the second case in a buggy in which that plaintiff was driving on Harrington Street in Shrewsbury and they were run into by a motor car owned by the defendant and operated by one Haas, who was alleged to have been the defendant’s servant or agent. Writs dated September 11, 1914. In the Superior Court the…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
These are actions of tort "to recover damages, in the case of Harriet Marsal for personal injuries and in the case of Herbert A. Haskell for loss of property, arising out of a collision between a buggy in which the plaintiffs were driving and an automobile driven by Bruno P. Haas, who was returning from a picnic with a party of his friends, about 10 p. m. Saturday, August 1, 1914.
There can be no doubt that upon the evidence the questions of the plaintiffs’ due care and the negligence of Haas were for the jury. The only question is whether at the time of the accident there was any evidence for…
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