278 Mass. 437 | Mass. | 1932
The plaintiff seeks to recover in this action of tort compensation for injuries received by him while a traveler upon a public way through the alleged negligence of the defendant. There was evidence which would have warranted the finding of these facts: The plaintiff, in the forenoon of a clear November day, was riding on a bicycle southerly on Hancock Street in the city of Quincy. The street at the place in question was at least forty feet wide, with double tracks for trolley cars in its middle part. The automobile of the defendant was parked apparently with others on the westerly side of the street close to the curb. Other automobiles were moving in both directions on the street, and some proceeding in the same direction as the plaintiff, between the westerly rail of the tracks and the
The finding was for the plaintiff.
No error of law is disclosed on the record. Whether the plaintiff was lacldng in due care, or by his own negligent conduct contributed to his injury, and whether the defendant was negligent, presented questions of fact upon which the finding of the trial judge must be accepted as final. There is nothing in Noonan v. Boston Elevated Railway, 263 Mass. '305, on which the defendant relies, at variance with this conclusion. The requests for rulings need not be discussed.
Order dismissing report affirmed.
