Legal Opinion
Harrison v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 6, 1944PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
The plaintiff and his wife were passengers on one of the defendant’s buses in the early afternoon of a day in the summer of 1937 on a trip to the Back Bay district in Boston. The bus had two doors, one on either side near the front a short distance back from where the operator sat. To leave the bus by the right hand door one would walk down the aisle until he got opposite the door, step down upon a platform which was on a level with the bottom of the door, proceed through the door and step down upon the street. This platform was twenty-one inches in length and was thirty inches wide, which…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Glennen v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Larson v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Holton v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Carson v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Donahue v. Dal, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Quigley v. Wilson Line of Massachusetts, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
- Gregory v. Maine Central RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Schindler v. Southern Coach Lines, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1949
- Casillo v. Worcester Area Transportation Co.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 2001
- Mahoney v. City of QuincyMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1964
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