Norris v. City of Newton

This is an action under G. L. c. 84, § 15, to recover for personal injuries received by the plaintiff, as the result of his falling into an uncovered manhole on,Galen Street in the defendant city. Most of the facts are not in controversy.

There was evidence that the manhole, which was located in "the center of the inbound track of the Boston Elevated Railway Company, had been opened by employees of the city for the purpose of cleaning the sewers in the street; that at the time of the accident one employee had descended to the bottom of the manhole and another was on guard; that as the inbound…