Legal Opinion
Sweeney v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 26, 1941PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDolan, J.
This is an action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff as a result of falling down a stairway in a public school building, in the city of Boston, known as the “ Teachers College and Girls’ Latin School Building.” The case was tried to a jury and at the close.of the plaintiff’s case the judge granted the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, subject to the plaintiff’s exception. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant, as directed, and the case comes before us on the report of the judge, the parties having stipulated that if the verdict…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Worden v. City of New BedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
- Ryder v. Town of LexingtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Adie v. Mayor of HolyokeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Daddario v. City of PittsfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Baumgardner v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Whitney v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Morash & Sons, Inc. v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. DoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Urban Transport, Inc. v. Mayor of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Cormier v. City of LynnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
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