Koplan v. Boston Gas Light Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, brought originally against several corporations, for personal injuries caused by an explosion of gas at the corner of Tremont and Boylston Streets in Boston, on March 4, 1897. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Lilley, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff as against the Boston Gas Light Company j and that defendant alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
This action was brought to recover for a personal injury caused by the subway explosion of gas at the corner of Tremont and Boylston Streets in Boston, on March 4, 1897, at about half-past eleven o’clock in the forenoon. The city of Boston and six business corporations — the Metropolitan Construction Company, the West End Street Railway Company, the Boston Gas Light Company, the Bay State Gas Company, the Edison Illuminating Company, and the Boston Electric Light Company — were joined as co-defendants in the original writ. Before the trial, the plaintiff discontinued against the city of…
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