CANNEY v. CARRIER


333 Mass. 382 (1955)

130 N.E.2d 879

CATHERINE CANNEY vs. THEODORE CARRIER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk..

December 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Johnston & Howard D. Sharpe, for the plaintiff.

Michael J. Dray, for the defendant.

Present: QUA, C.J., RONAN, WILKINS, SPALDING, WILLIAMS, COUNIHAN, & WHITTEMORE, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

The plaintiff, while walking across Washington Street, near Winter Street, Boston, on December 6, 1949, was struck by an automobile which was backing. The judge directed a verdict for the defendant. At the time of the trial the records of registrations for the year 1949 had been destroyed by the registry of motor vehicles. The plaintiff argues two exceptions, both to the exclusion of evidence offered on her behalf to prove ownership.

The plaintiff...

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