Hennessy v. City of Boston

Supported by the testimony taken at the hearing, the bill of complaint in substance alleges the pertinent facts which follow: The defendant city, on November 6, 1923, for the purposes of a public playground, G. L. c. 45, § 14, made a taking of a parcel of land situated on Ceylon Street opposite land owned by the plaintiff and used by her for a garage. The defendants permitted boys and young men to use the playground for playing baseball. A great many balls were thrown or knocked or in some way driven from the playground over Ceylon Street onto and into the premises of the plaintiff. As a…