Cannon v. Inhabitants of Brookline

The plaintiff was injured while walking in daylight upon a board sidewalk in Brookline by driving a splinter from the walk through the sole of her shoe and into her foot. She contends that her injury resulted from a defect in the way for which the town is responsible under G. L. c. 84, §15.

The jury could have found from the evidence that the sidewalk had been in place without repair for, at least, five years, and possibly for seven years. It extended from Highland Road for a considerable distance along High Street on the side opposite to the house in which the plaintiff lived. *470It was made by…