Legal Opinion

Rockwell v. McGovern

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 19, 1909PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.

There was evidence warranting a finding that the plaintiff was in the exercise of due care. She was a traveller upon the highway with nothing in the apparent conditions of the sidewalk to call for anything more than ordinary care on her part, and it could be found and must have been found that she was exercising the degree of care required of her.

There was also evidence which warranted a finding that the accident was caused by the negligent manner in which the defendant had refilled the excavation and in which he had relaid the brick. There was evidence warranting the jury in finding that if…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Thomas v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Cunningham v. T. A. Gillespie Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
  2. Meyer v. Veolia Energy North AmericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
  3. Stewart v. Hugh Nawn Contracting Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
  4. Craft v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
  5. Murphy v. Hugh Nawn Contracting Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916

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