Glennon v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

This is an action to recover compensation for personal injuries, alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff by reason of the negligence of a motorman in the employ of the defendant in operating one of its trolley cars. The case comes before us on the exception of the defendant to the denial of its motion for a directed verdict.

The injuries were received about three o’clock on the afternoon of a September day, on a main street in Everett. The plaintiff was standing in a tipcart drawn up parallel to the right hand curb. No question is made as to his due care. The only point to be decided…