Legal Opinion
Carlson v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 9, 1929PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is 'an action brought under G. L. c. 229, § 3, to recover for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate. If it be assumed that at the time of her death she was a passenger of the defendant, the plaintiff might recover under G. L. c. 229, § 3, even if she was lacking in due care, provided her death was due to negligence of the defendant. Jones v. Boston & Northern Street Railway, 205 Mass. 108. Renaud v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 210 Mass. 553, 556. Cotter, petitioner, 237 Mass. 68, 72. McCarthy v. Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad, 262 Mass. 56, 58.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Foley v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Cotter v. Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Renaud v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Powers v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Nute v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Dolan v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- Maher v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- McKay v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- McNally v. Trustees of New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
- Goldstein v. New York Central RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1963
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