Franz v. Holyoke Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries alleged to have been received when the plaintiff was attempting to board an electric street railway car of the defendant in that part of Chicopee known as Chicopee Falls on February 17, 1917. Writ dated April 12, 1917. In the Superior Court the action was tried before King, J. Besides testifying as described in the opinion, the plaintiff testified that on the day of the accident and for some time previously he had been employed by the Fisk Rubber…
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Tort for personal injuries alleged to have been received when the plaintiff was attempting to board an electric street railway car of the defendant in that part of Chicopee known as Chicopee Falls on February 17, 1917. Writ dated April 12, 1917. In the Superior Court the action was tried before King, J. Besides testifying as described in the opinion, the plaintiff testified that on the day of the accident and for some time previously he had been employed by the Fisk Rubber Company at Chicopee Falls; that he worked from seven o’clock in the morning to three o’clock in the afternoon on a…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action to recover compensation for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while boarding a car of the defendant on Bridge Street, in that part of the city of Chicopee known as Chicopee Falls. The car had come from Holyoke and stopped at a regular stopping place, for the purpose of receiving passengers on its return trip. The plaintiff who lived in Holyoke testified that he, with a large number of other men, waited for the car and when it stopped they all ran for it; that there were some men who boarded the car ahead of him; that “When he was to get on the car he held on to one…
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