Bettencourt v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

This is an action of tort for injuries sustained when the plaintiff, after traveling as a passenger on a bus owned and operated by the defendant, disembarked and stepped into a depression in the public street. A jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The only question raised by the defendant’s bill of exceptions *848with which we concern ourselves is the sufficiency of evidence to warrant a finding for the plaintiff, which was raised by the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict and by its motion for entry of a verdict under leave reserved, both of which motions were denied. It is…