Watts v. Boston Tow-Boat Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, for injuries received while in the employ of the defendant, by falling into a hole in the deck of a steam tug owned by the defendant. Trial in the Superior Court, before Thompson, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows.
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Tort, for injuries received while in the employ of the defendant, by falling into a hole in the deck of a steam tug owned by the defendant. Trial in the Superior Court, before Thompson, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows. On November 18, 1891, at about eleven o’clock in the forenoon, the tug Argus, on which the plaintiff was employed, was towing a barge up the Mystic River, and just after the two had passed through a drawbridge and the tow lines which had been thrown off for that purpose had again been taken up by the tug, the force of the tide running between it…
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
The exceptions recite as follows: “ He [the plaintiff] also testified that it was part of his duty to take the cover off and put it on, and that he did so very frequently, almost every day and sometimes several times a day, for eight months just previous to the accident; that before this period of eight months he had worked on the Argus at different times ; that both the cover and the grating had been in exactly the same condition, except the ordinary wear and tear, all the time; and that he was fully aware of their condition. There was no evidence that the plaintiff had ever complained to…
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