Legal Opinion
Pitcher v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 19, 1907PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The female plaintiff, whom we shall speak of as the plaintiff, stumbled, in the act of leaving the car, over a bag or satchel which another passenger had placed upon the floor, and pitched forward, striking her head against the door and receiving the injuries complained of. The plaintiff was seated near the middle of the car, and the jury found, in answer to a question submitted to them by the presiding judge, that the car was of the ordinary street passenger car type with a seat running lengthwise of the car on each side. The jury also found in answer to questions specially submitted to them…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Myers v. Hudson Iron Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Kuhlen v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Dolan v. Boott Cotton MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Maynard v. BuckMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Lane v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Guinan v. Famous Players-Lasky Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Glennen v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Hecht v. Boston Wharf Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Lyons v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Livingston v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1928
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