Legal Opinion
Sawyer v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 5, 1923PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action of tort to recover for personal *470injuries received by the plaintiff by reason of coming in contact with a signal box, erected and maintained on an iron pole by the defendant.
The plaintiff testified that she alighted from an outbound car of the defendant at Coolidge Corner in Brookline; that she passed around in front of the car, crossed the place used by persons taking inbound cars, and as she stepped upon the-platform came in contact with the box; that she had seen it there twice each day for at least two weeks before she was injured; that she was five feet six and one half…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Haskell v. City of New BedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Sawyer v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Macomber v. City of TauntonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Carney v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Murtha v. LovewellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Strachan v. Beacon Oil Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Bannister v. Berkshire Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Ferriter v. HerlihyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Beane v. H. K. Porter, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Curran v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
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