Creedon v. Galvin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff at about half past two o’clock on the afternoon of May 31,1914, on Adams Street in Quincy near its junction with Robertson Street by reason of being struck by the forward part of the right hand side of a motor car owned and operated by the defendant. Writ dated July 18, 1914. In the Superior Court the case was tried before King, J. The evidence is described in the opinion.
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Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff at about half past two o’clock on the afternoon of May 31,1914, on Adams Street in Quincy near its junction with Robertson Street by reason of being struck by the forward part of the right hand side of a motor car owned and operated by the defendant. Writ dated July 18, 1914. In the Superior Court the case was tried before King, J. The evidence is described in the opinion. The testimony of the witness Murphy, to the admission of which the defendant excepted, was as follows: “ I am nineteen years of age and lived in Quincy on May 31,1914.…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
It is not in dispute that on May 31, 1914, at about half past two o’clock in the afternoon, while the plaintiff, Creedon, was walking on Adams Street in Quincy, he was struck and seriously injured by a motor car owned and operated by the defendant. The road was straight and level; and no other person or vehicle was near by. The testimony as to how the collision occurred was contradictory. On the evidence most favorable to the plaintiff the jury could find that he was crossing Adams Street diagonally; that the defendant saw him more than one hundred and fifty feet ahead, yet proceeded at a…
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