Morse v. Newton Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff from being pushed by a crowd from an open electric street car of the defendant on which the plaintiff was a passenger at Watertown Square in Watertown on the evening of August 17, 1904. Writ dated October 31, 1904. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Dana, J. The facts which could have been found upon the evidence are stated in the opinion.
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Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff from being pushed by a crowd from an open electric street car of the defendant on which the plaintiff was a passenger at Watertown Square in Watertown on the evening of August 17, 1904. Writ dated October 31, 1904. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Dana, J. The facts which could have been found upon the evidence are stated in the opinion. At the close of the evidence the defendant asked the judge to rule that on all the evidence the defendant was not liable. The judge refused to make this ruling and submitted the case to the…
1Opinion of the CourtR.ugg, C. J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover compensation for personal injuries received by her because of being crowded off a car of the defendant, upon which she was a passenger, on an August evening, by the sudden rushing upon it of a large number of persons. She was travelling from Waltham to Boston, and, although the car usually went through to Boston, on that day the defendant had changed its schedule, and passengers were required to change at a public square in Watertown which was made the end of the line for the time being. This square was the terminus of lines of street cars from Boston, Needham…
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