Heaney v. Colonial Filling Stations, Inc.

These are actions of tort for personal injuries caused by the plaintiff, a pedestrian, falling on the westerly side of Gorham Street, a public way in the city of Lowell, which she alleges was in a defective condition. Verdicts having been ordered for the defendants, the cases are before us on the plaintiff’s exceptions.

It was admitted that the accident happened at a driveway on the westerly side of, and within the limits of the travelled part of Gorham Street, a public way which the city was required to maintain, and that notice of the time, place, and cause of the accident was given. The…