Rooney v. Inhabitants of Randolph
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for injuries to the plaintiff’s carriage, alleged to have been caused, on February 17,1878, by a defect in a highway in the defendant town. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Bacon, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; and the defendant alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.
Before the St. of 1877, e. 234, was passed, it was enough for the plaintiff, in actions to recover for injuries caused by defects in the highway, to prove that the injury complained of was caused by a defect which had existed for the requisite time, without reference to the question whether its existence or continuance could have been reasonably prevented. The statutes did not attempt to define what constituted a defect. The requirement was that all highways should be made safe and convenient for travellers at all times ; and the question submitted to the jury was whether the defect in…
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