Legal Opinion
Hoffman v. City of Chelsea
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 29, 1943PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, C.J.
This action of tort was brought against the city of Chelsea in a District Court to recover compensation for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff as a result of her falling, on or about September 6, 1941, in a depression in a public highway in said city. The trial judge found for the plaintiff. The defendant made six requests for rulings, five of which-were denied by the judge, who gave as a reason for such denial, “Because I find on the evidence that the hole was a defect and that the plaintiff was in the exercise of due care.” The general finding for *55the…
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