Legal Opinion
Blackmer v. Toohil
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 5, 1961PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
This is an action of tort to recover for personal injuries received by the plaintiff on March 25, 1957, when she tripped over a hose lying across the sidewalk of May Street, a public way in Worcester. J ames T. Toohil has by amendment been substituted for the original defendant Toohil’s Service, Inc. The case was referred to an auditor whose findings were not final. He found that the plaintiff, a woman almost ninety years of age, was walking along May Street from her residence at number 35. It was about 11 a.h. and the weather was partly cloudy. When she was opposite number 23 she fell over a…
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