Legal Opinion
Connolly v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 27, 1941PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
The plaintiff left a subway train at the defendant’s station at Harvard Square, in Cambridge, and was proceeding along a concrete platform or ramp, one hundred sixty-five feet long and forty feet wide, which had a descending five per cent grade and served as a passageway for passengers who intended to take surface cars, when she fell and was injured. The judge, upon leave reserved, set aside a verdict for the plaintiff and entered a verdict for the defendant, subject to the exception of the plaintiff. The plaintiff having inadvertently lost the right to prosecute her exceptions, the judge…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Wainwright v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Garland v. StetsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Holton v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Tariff v. S. S. Kresge Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Seidenberg v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Sharpe v. Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- Sellew v. Tuttle's Millinery Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Howe v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Reardon v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- O'Keefe v. William J. Barry Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
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