Legal Opinion
Esau v. Trustees of New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 29, 1947PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHonan, J.
The plaintiff on the afternoon of February 12, 1946, travelled along the platform or walk leading to the Weymouth station of the defendants’ railroad where he procured a time table, as he was planning a trip to Boston on the next day. He stood in the station a few minutes reading the time table, and then left the station intending to retrace his steps and go to the street. As he was walking along the platform a train which had stopped at the station started up and was passing by him when his left toe struck the edge of the planking, which constitutes a part of the platform and spans a brook,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Bresnahan v. PromanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Frost v. McCarthyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Gregory v. Maine Central RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Marquis v. John Nesmith Real Estate Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Kelsey v. Hampton Court Hotel Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
- Blackmer v. ToohilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Collins v. CroteauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Giacomuzzi v. KleinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Bracken v. City of NewtonMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1953
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