Hamilton v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

This is an action of tort for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff while attempting to board a car of the defendant. At the trial in the Superior Court* he recovered a verdict, and the case is here on the defendant’s exceptions.

*421The evidence as to the plaintiff’s position at the time of the accident is irreconcilable. If the jury believed the statements of the plaintiff which were corroborated by his companion and witness Freeman, the car stopped at the regular stopping place after they had signalled the motorman, when, as the plaintiff following Freeman reached the rear part of the…