Collins v. Inhabitants of Greenfield
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, under the employers’ liability act, St. 1887, c. 270, by the administratrix of the estate of Michael Collins, for causing his death. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Richardson.i J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff j and the defendant alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
This is an action for injuries suffered by the plaintiff’s intestate, Michael Collins, which caused his death while in the defendant’s employ. The case is here on exceptions to a refusal to direct a verdict for the defendant, and to one or two less important rulings. Collins was engaged in raking stones down a hillside upon land belonging to the defendant, that they might be gathered and broken up in a stone crusher for use in macadamizing the defendant’s streets. Above him was a large overhanging rock, which looked safe from where he was at work, but which had a large crack behind it,…
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