Haley v. City of Boston

This is an action of tort brought to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been received by the plaintiff through the negligence of the driver of a cart belonging to the defendant. The driver drove the cart over the plaintiff’s leg and broke it. There was evidence of the plaintiff’s due care and of the driver’s negligence. The judge ordered a verdict for the defendant, and the only question now raised by the plaintiff’s exceptions is whether the defendant can be held to be responsible for the driver’s negligence.

The driver was employed by the sanitary division of the street department…