Legal Opinion
Scaccia v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 8, 1944PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
After the decision in Scaccia v. Boston Elevated Railway, 308 Mass. 310, this action of tort for personal injuries, resulting from slipping on a banana peel which was on the floor of a motor bus operated by the defendant in which the plaintiff was a passenger, was tried before a judge of the Superior Court, sitting without jury, upon an “agreed statement of facts” submitted as evidence, from which the judge could draw inferences of fact.
At some stage of the case the parties stipulated, as appears by the report made by the judge after his decision, that this court as well as the Superior Court…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Cook v. Farm Service Stores, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Frati v. JanniniMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Rummel v. PetersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Anjou v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Assessors of Boston v. Garland School of Home MakingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Pierce's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
- Callow v. ThomasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Daddario v. City of GloucesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- Members of Bakery & Confectionery Workers International Union of America v. Hall Baking Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Uchman v. Polish National Home, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
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