Connors v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries sustained on August 19, 1915, at about half past six o’clock in the morning while crossing Main Street in Worcester, where the tracks and roadbed of the defendant were in process of repair. Writ dated August 21,1915. In the Superior Court the case was tried before O’Connell, J. The evidence is described in the opinion.
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Tort for personal injuries sustained on August 19, 1915, at about half past six o’clock in the morning while crossing Main Street in Worcester, where the tracks and roadbed of the defendant were in process of repair. Writ dated August 21,1915. In the Superior Court the case was tried before O’Connell, J. The evidence is described in the opinion. A foreman of the street department of the city of Worcester, who had charge of the “grouting,” testified that “this grouting consisted in mixing sand and cement and pouring it into block pavings.”- At the close of the evidence the judge ruled that the…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The plaintiff in describing her conduct and the cause of her injuries said, “I came from Walnut Street going to work and turned to the right to the other corner of the cross walk and started to cross over Main Street. I looked both ways and I saw a car coming north from City Hall and that was about at Barnard’s. The streets were broken up and I saw no car going south from Lincoln Square. I picked my way along. The first thing I saw, the car was on to me when I saw it and I tried to step back and the street was in such a condition that I tripped. I do not know whether I went forward or…
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