Lamb v. City of Worcester
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, for personal injuries. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Bell, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff ; and the defendant alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
This is an action to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff by reason of an alleged defect in the sidewalk along which she was walking at the time of the accident in Front Street in Worcester. The sidewalk was fifteen and one half feet wide at the place of the accident.' Ten feet of the sidewalk from the street edge consisted of granite slabs. The remaining five and one half feet “ consisted of what is known as the Hyatt light construction, being an iron frame with circular glass insertions to give light to the basement under the *83sidewalk.” The alleged defect was in this…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Newton v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- George v. City of HaverhillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Marvin v. City of New BedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Redford v. City of WoburnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Dowd v. Inhabitants of ChicopeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
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