Redigan v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries occasioned to the plaintiff. by-falling into a hole in the platform of a station belonging to a railroad leased by the defendant. The case was tried in the Superior Court, before Aldrich, •!., who ruled that there was no evidence for the jury, and ordered a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions. The nature of the evidence appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
The railroad station at which the accident happened is so situated that its grounds upon the west and south are contiguous to public streets, Prescott Street on the west and Lincoln Square on the south. The grounds are unenclosed, and their surface is of substantially the same level and appearance with the streets, so that no line of demarcation is apparent. The station building is surrounded by a platform elevated one step above the ground, and the platform continues southerly along the railroad track to Lincoln Square. In the other direction, the platform is distant at its northwest corner…
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