Moulton v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries alleged to have been received on November 30,1917, when the plaintiff, a passenger on an elevated train of the defendant, was thrown from a crowded car upon the opening of the centre door before the train came to a stop at Thompson Square station in Boston. Writ dated March 11,1918. In the Superior Court, the action was tried before White, J. Material evidence and exceptions saved by the defendant are described in the opinion.
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Tort for personal injuries alleged to have been received on November 30,1917, when the plaintiff, a passenger on an elevated train of the defendant, was thrown from a crowded car upon the opening of the centre door before the train came to a stop at Thompson Square station in Boston. Writ dated March 11,1918. In the Superior Court, the action was tried before White, J. Material evidence and exceptions saved by the defendant are described in the opinion. The jury found for the plaintiff in the sum of $2,100; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The case was argued at the bar in March, 1920,…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The plaintiff, a passenger on one of the defendant’s cars, was injured. She testified that as she approached her destination she left her seat and stood in the centre of the car with her shoulder against the door; that the car was “crowded” and “jammed” and contained two or three hundred people; that she had no opportunity to hold on to a strap and because of the crowd could not move; that as the car approached Thompson Square, her destination, and while the train was moving at the rate of ten or twelve miles an hour, the centre door against which she was leaning was opened and the crowd…
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