Woodward v. City

In this action of tort by a pedestrian who was hurt by the defendant’s automobile, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff’s only exception is to a portion of the charge.

Certain facts were undisputed. On June 17, 1945, about 5:25 p.m. the plaintiff, accompanied by her five and one half year old grandson, arrived in East Brookfield by bus. It was raining very heavily when the bus stopped “in the center of the town” facing easterly on the southerly side of *198East Main Street, where the plaintiff was to transfer to another bus. East Main Street runs substantially east and…