Conway v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

This is an action to recover for personal injuries received by the plaintiff (a child between six and seven years of age) while, accompanied by her parents, and as a passenger of the defendant, she was ascending from the street level of its Egleston Square station, in, Boston, to the train platform, upon an escalator operated by the defendant.

She testified that just as she reached the top of the escalator her left hand became caught in the moving belt which she had hold of, and as the belt moved around the curve at the top, her fingers were caught between the belt and the wood underneath and…