Legal Opinion
Wynn v. Sullivan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 29, 1936PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
On January 24, 1931, the plaintiff, a police officer of the city of Boston, sustained personal injury as the result of falling into the well of a freight elevator which opened upon the side of a narrow, covered alleyway running through or under a building on Portland Street in that city. The defendant’s testator, hereinafter called the defendant, was in control of the alleyway and of the elevator well. The building, five stories in height, was occupied by various tenants who used the elevator and the alleyway in common. The plaintiff’s declaration is based upon negligence and upon wanton,…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Newcomb v. Boston Protective DepartmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Baggs v. HirschfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Parker v. BarnardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Berdos v. Tremont & Suffolk MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- Aldworth v. F. W. Woolworth Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
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