Reece v. P. W. Donoghue Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
1Opinion of the Court
There was no evidence to support a finding that the “snow and ice” on which the deceased slipped came upon the sidewalk as a result of the shovelling from the privately owned “area.” The evidence was that the snow from the “area” was first “thrown towards the street and then it was shovelled out into the street.” The condition existing after the shovelling “substantially as shown” in the photographs may, so far as appears, have arisen from the tramping down of snow that naturally fell upon the sidewalk before or at the time of the storm that occasioned the shovelling or of snow that was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Mahoney v. PerreaultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Dahlin v. WalshMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Rosenblum v. Economy Grocery Stores Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
3Cited by2 opinions
- Danielewicz v. ArnoldCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Shell v. SiroisMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1989