Hayes v. City of Cambridge

The plaintiff was injured, on February 7, 1882, by stepping into a hole in a street-crossing, caused by an accumulation of snow and ice. At the second trial, after the decision reported in 136 Mass. 402, the defendant introduced evidence tending to show that on January 31, and on February 4 and 5, there had been two very heavy snow-storms; and also evidence tending to show the length of the streets it had to clear, and their condition after the storms, the amount of labor it had to do on its streets, the amount it did, and the expenses incurred and the time and labor involved, with a view of…