Rash v. Albert

In this action of tort for negligence a verdict for the plaintiff was returned by the jury, but in,accordance with leave reserved the judge ordered the entry of a verdict *249for the defendant. G. L. c. 231, § 120. The plaintiff excepted.

The plaintiff seeks to recover damages for injury to his left eye, alleged to have been caused by the collapse of a bridge across a stream in the town of Lanesborough, due to the negligence of the defendant. It appeared in evidence that the “road on both sides of the bridge was accepted by the town of Lanesborough, and the bridge was open and used freely by the…