Craig v. Inhabitants of Leominster
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort under R. L. c. 51, § 18, for injuries alleged to have been received by the plaintiff, while walking on Mechanic Street in the defendant town, by reason of an alleged defect in the street, as stated in the opinion. Writ in the Superior Court for the county of Worcester dated May 25, 1907. There was a trial before Gaskill, J., who directed a verdict for the defendant, and reported the case to this court. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The plaintiff, in the evening of September 21, 1905, struck her foot against a rope stretched along a street in the defendant town and was thrown down and injured. The rope Was attached to a building which was being moved through the street with the permission of the selectmen, granted in accordance with R. L. c. 52, § 13. While the building was being moved the rope, which was attached at one end to a capstan, was itself in motion, under the care of the workmen. As the work went on, there was interference by the building with the system of wires for electrical lighting, and the building was…
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