Coffey v. West Roxbury Trap Rock Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort against a corporation engaged in constructing a sewer in Judson Street in the part of Boston called Roxbury for damage done on May 15, 1915, to the plaintiff’s house numbered 28 on Judson Street alleged to have been caused by negligent blasting by the defendant. Writ dated October 20, 1915. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Brown, J. The evidence is described in the opinion.
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Tort against a corporation engaged in constructing a sewer in Judson Street in the part of Boston called Roxbury for damage done on May 15, 1915, to the plaintiff’s house numbered 28 on Judson Street alleged to have been caused by negligent blasting by the defendant. Writ dated October 20, 1915. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Brown, J. The evidence is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence the defendant asked the judge to make the following rulings: “1. That upon all the evidence the verdict must be for the defendant. “2. That there is no evidence sufficient…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The plaintiff was the owner of a house on Judson Street, Roxbury, which she alleged was injured by reason of the negligence of the defendant while engaged in blasting for a sewer. There was a verdict for the plaintiff.
The plaintiff asserted that the blast occurred between “7:30 and 8 A. M.” on May 15, 1915. The defendant’s witness testified that at this time it was engaged in concreting; that no blasting ever was done before eight o’clock in the morning and that none was done in front of the plaintiff’s house after May 8, 1915; that •no explosion occurred in the defendant’s trench or about it…
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