Swenson v. City of Boston

In this action of tort there was evidence that would have warranted the jury in finding these facts. On September 13, 1940, at about 9:15 a.m. the plaintiff was walking easterly on State Street, Boston, on the. right-hand sidewalk. While crossing Congress Street (which intersects State Street) within the limits of the crosswalk, she “caught her toe against . . . [a] car track and fell forward on her face,” thereby sustaining injuries. There was no hole or depression in the street where the plaintiff fell. The car track protruded above the level of the street about two inches at the place of…