Herman v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

This is an action of tort to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff on March 16, *4861927, while waiting to board a street car on the reservation of the defendant, on Blue Hill Avenue, in the Mattapan district of Boston, based upon the alleged negligence of the defendant. The defendant rested at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, and on its motion a verdict was directed in its favor.

The plaintiff walked from his work to the corner of Fessenden Street and waited on the northeasterly corner of the sidewalk until the street car he desired to take came into view on the…