McManus v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

This is an action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries. The plaintiff became a passenger on a car of the defendant on Arsenal Street in Watertown. It is stated in the bill of exceptions: “The Charles River intersects Arsenal Street and over the river on Arsenal Street there is a bridge, connecting Arsenal Street, Watertown, with Market Street, Brighton. On April 29, 1925, and for some weeks before, the metropolitan district commission had been constructing a new bridge over the river, and it was necessary for passengers on electric cars coming from Watertown along Arsenal…