Cormo v. Boston Bridge Works
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant and at work in the town of Towners in the State of New York. Writ dated July 10, 1906. The case was tried before Brown, J. The facts are stated in the opinion.
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Tort for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant and at work in the town of Towners in the State of New York. Writ dated July 10, 1906. The case was tried before Brown, J. The facts are stated in the opinion. At the close of the evidence, it was agreed by the parties that the judge should order a verdict for the defendant and report the case to this court, the defendant to pay all the expenses of the reporting of the case, and that, if this court should say that the ruling of the judge was correct, the verdict as ordered was to stand, but if this court…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
It may be assumed from the report that the plaintiff, who was described as domiciled in this Commonwealth, was hired here by the defendant, which is stated in the writ to be a foreign corporation having its usual place of business at Boston. The accident happened in the State of New York, where the plaintiff as its servant worked, helping to rivet an iron bridge in process of construction. The first and second counts of the declaration are under R. L. c. 106, § 71, now St. 1909, c. 514, § 127, for negligence of some person entrusted with superintendence either in the direction of the work or…
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