Carleton v. Rockland, Thomaston & Camden Street Railway
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. This is an action of tort, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff on October 1, 1911, upon alighting from one of the defendant’s cars, upon a platform and attempting to walk up a flight of three steps connecting the car track with the sidewalk in front of the Baptist church on Commercial Street in Rockport. The ownership of the steps was contested.
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On report. This is an action of tort, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff on October 1, 1911, upon alighting from one of the defendant’s cars, upon a platform and attempting to walk up a flight of three steps connecting the car track with the sidewalk in front of the Baptist church on Commercial Street in Rockport. The ownership of the steps was contested. The church, t'he town of Rockport and the railroad all deny responsibility for their maintenance. Plea; general issue. At the conclusion of the evidence, the case was reported to the Law Court for…
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, J.
This is an action of tort to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, on October i, 1911, upon alighting from one of the defendant’s cars upon a platform and attempting to walk up a flight of three steps, connecting the car track with the sidewalk in front of the Baptist Church on 'Commercial Street in Rockport.
The general situation was this: In front of the church, the street' car line runs along the side of the street nearest the church and upon a level considerably below that of the sidewalk. The bank slopes down to the street and between the foot of this 'bank and…
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