Adams v. Inhabitants of Stoneham
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort under R. L. c. 51, § 18, for personal injuries received by reason of an alleged defect in Green Street, a highway of the defendant, consisting of loose stones on which the plaintiff’s horse stepped and stumbled while the plaintiff was driving in a wagon on June 5, 1901. Writ dated July 8, 1901. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Mason, C. J. Against the defendant’s objection and exception he excluded the evidence which is described in the opinion.
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Tort under R. L. c. 51, § 18, for personal injuries received by reason of an alleged defect in Green Street, a highway of the defendant, consisting of loose stones on which the plaintiff’s horse stepped and stumbled while the plaintiff was driving in a wagon on June 5, 1901. Writ dated July 8, 1901. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Mason, C. J. Against the defendant’s objection and exception he excluded the evidence which is described in the opinion. The character of the alleged defect and the evidence in regard to it also are described in the opinion. At the close of the…
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
The first question raised by these exceptions is whether the court erred in excluding evidence offered by the defendant to show how much money was appropriated by the defendant town for the repair of streets in the year of the accident, for the purpose of showing how much per mile of streets was appropriated that year for that purpose. There was testimony of the total amount raised by taxation that year, that there were fifty-eight miles of streets in the town at that time, and that the neighborhood of this street was not thickly settled, but nothing further was shown or offered to be shown…
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