Legal Opinion
Tavano v. City of Worcester
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 10, 1934PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.
The plaintiff fell while rightfully on a wooden loading platform located in a public street and used by persons boarding or alighting from street cars. A judge of the Superior Court, who heard the case on the report of an auditor, made under a rule which provided that the auditor’s findings of fact should be final, ordered judgment for the defendant on the report. The plaintiff appealed from that order. It was agreed by the parties that the defendant had the duty of maintaining the platform in a reasonably safe condition for travellers and that proper notice of the alleged defect was given to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Newton v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- Kelleher v. City of NewburyportMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Cromarty v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Spillane v. City of FitchburgMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Cannon v. Inhabitants of BrooklineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Hoffman v. City of ChelseaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Adams v. Town of BoltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Cournoyer v. City of HolyokeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Pettie v. Stop & Shop Supermarket Co.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1996
- National Laundry Co. v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
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