Case Name: Barbara Giles & another vs. Esther Barbosa (and three companion cases)
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1959-01-29
Citations: 338 Mass. 793
Docket Number: 
Parties: Barbara Giles & another vs. Esther Barbosa (and three companion cases).
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 338
Pages: 793–793

Head Matter:
Barbara Giles & another vs. Esther Barbosa (and three companion cases).
January 29, 1959.
Ben D. Lewis, for the plaintiffs.
William J. Fenton, for the defendant, submitted a brief.

Opinion:
Exceptions overruled. These are actions of tort arising out of a collision of automobiles at the intersection of public highways. The only exception is to permitting the defendant to give her opinion as to the speed of the oncoming automobile as it approached the point of the collision. The evidence was competent. Johnston v. Bay State St. Ry. 222 Mass. 583, 585-586. Mahoney v. Gooch, 246 Mass. 567, 569. Gould v. Boston & Maine R.R. 282 Mass. 160, 167. Logan v. Goward, 313 Mass. 48, 51. Campbell v. Ashler, 320 Mass. 475, 477.