Legal Opinion
Tamkun v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 30, 1938PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
The decedent was struck and killed by a train while she was attempting to cross the tracks, at Chelmsford, at about 9:30 o’clock on a clear, pleasant morning in June, 1934. Her husband, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, was the owner of a parcel of land that extended easterly from the Daniel Webster Highway to the Merrimac River. The tracks of the defendant, which were located a short distance from the top of the westerly bank of the river, divided the plaintiff’s land into two parcels. The plaintiff purchased this property in 1920, and since then had lived with the decedent and their…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Chase v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Hicks v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- June v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Gannett v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Granger v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Peterson v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Barton v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
- Canty v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
- Follett v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- McNally v. Trustees of New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
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