SEVIGNY v. DOWD


343 Mass. 160 (1961)

178 N.E.2d 23

BLANCHE SEVIGNY vs. ROBERTA DOWD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

November 13, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Torphy, for the plaintiff.

Charles R. Desmarais & William H. Carey, for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, CUTTER, KIRK, & SPIEGEL, JJ.


WILKINS, C.J.

To this motor tort action, in which a verdict was directed for the defendant on the plaintiff's opening, the defence is the statute of limitations. The writ is dated September 9, 1958. The plaintiff was hurt on August 22, 1957, by the defendant's allegedly negligent operation of a car in Fall River. Under date of August 23, 1957, the plaintiff's husband, Amedee Sevigny, by regular mail but not by registered mail, sent to the defendant's insurer in Boston...

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