Townsend v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tokt for injuries to the plaintiff and his horse and wagon while a passenger on a ferryboat operated by the defendant as a carrier of passengers and their property for hire caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant in failing to block the wheels of a heavy team ahead of the plaintiff on the drop of the defendant’s slip at that part of -Boston called East Boston, in ■ consequence of which the heavy team backed down upon the plaintiff, causing the injuries.
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Tokt for injuries to the plaintiff and his horse and wagon while a passenger on a ferryboat operated by the defendant as a carrier of passengers and their property for hire caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant in failing to block the wheels of a heavy team ahead of the plaintiff on the drop of the defendant’s slip at that part of -Boston called East Boston, in ■ consequence of which the heavy team backed down upon the plaintiff, causing the injuries. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, dated April 8, 1901. On appeal to the Superior Court the case was tried before…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The plaintiff was a passenger, with his horse and wagon, upon a ferryboat crossing from Boston to East Boston on October 24, 1900. The ferry is owned and operated by the city of Boston, which purchased it of the East Boston Ferry Company under the St. 1869, c. 155, and with it the franchise of the corporation. The bill of exceptions says: “ It was admitted that the city of Boston was a common carrier of passengers and their property for hire across said ferry.” It was proved that tolls were charged for carrying passengers. Under this statute the city could maintain and operate a ferry, in…
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