Cronin v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries received by the plaintiff on February 8, 1881, by reason of an alleged defect in the sidewalk of Hanover Street, a public highway in Boston. Trial in the Superior Court, before Mason, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows : The defect consisted of an accumulation of ice on the sidewalk in front of 371 Hanover Street, said number being the number on the fifth door from Fleet Street.
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Tort for personal injuries received by the plaintiff on February 8, 1881, by reason of an alleged defect in the sidewalk of Hanover Street, a public highway in Boston. Trial in the Superior Court, before Mason, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows : The defect consisted of an accumulation of ice on the sidewalk in front of 371 Hanover Street, said number being the number on the fifth door from Fleet Street. A written notice, dated February 16, 1881, and signed by the plaintiff, was given to the defendant within thirty days after the accident, as follows : “ To the…
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
The St. of 1877, c. 234, § 3, required notice to be given “ of the time, place and cause of the said injury or damage.” In the notice given in this case the time was sufficiently described. Donnelly v. Fall River, 132 Mass. 299. Savory v. Haverhill, 132 Mass. 324. The cause alleged in the notice is' that-the sidewalk was “ rough, hobbly and slippery.” It appears by the exceptions that “ the defect consisted of an accumulation of ice on the sidewalk in front of 371 Hanover Street.” There is no mention, of ice in the notice. Unless, then, it is a reasonable construction of the notice, under the…
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