Tobin v. Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions to the rulings of Cfoddard, J., of the superior court for this county. Case for damages occasioned by an alleged defect in a plank sidewalk or platform outside the defendants’ station in Portland.
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On exceptions to the rulings of Cfoddard, J., of the superior court for this county. Case for damages occasioned by an alleged defect in a plank sidewalk or platform outside the defendants’ station in Portland. The plaintiff was a hackman carrying passengers to the cars, and, driving up to the side of the defendants’ depot in the day-time, and stepping from his carriage to the platform, and turning his ankle, fell and sprained it, so that he was confined to the house a week, and afterwards was obliged to use crutches or a cane for thirteen weeks. There was evidence tending to show that in the…
1Opinion of the CourtAppleton, C. J.
The plaintiff, a hackman, carrying passengers to the defendants’ depot, was injured in stepping from his carriage into a cavity in the platform built and occupied by them. The jury have found that the plaintiff was without fault, and that the injury he sustained was occasioned solely by the neglect and want of ordinary care of the defendants in having their platform in an unsafe and dangerous condition.
The defendant corporation is bound to make the approaches over their own premises to their depot safe and convenient for passengers. They are bound to keep their platforms and landing-places…
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