Shultz v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1907-01-01

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Rugg, J. This case fairly raises the question as to whether the negligence of the driver of a vehicle is to be imputed to a guest, riding with him gratuitously and personally in the exercise of all the care, which ordinary caution requires. The first case in our own court, which occasioned any discussion as to the identification of a passenger with a driver, was Allyn v. Boston Albany Railroad, <span class…

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