Knowles v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries. The declaration alleged that, while the plaintiff was a passenger upon a street railway car of the defendant, “the defendant and its servants and agents, then and there negligently caused said car to be thronged, packed and overcrowded with passengers, whereby, and by reason thereof, the plaintiff was violently thrown from said car.”
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Tort for personal injuries. The declaration alleged that, while the plaintiff was a passenger upon a street railway car of the defendant, “the defendant and its servants and agents, then and there negligently caused said car to be thronged, packed and overcrowded with passengers, whereby, and by reason thereof, the plaintiff was violently thrown from said car.” Writ dated October 20, 1917. In dhe Superior Court the action was tried before Irwin, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence, the defendant moved that a verdict be ordered in its favor. The…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The plaintiff was injured by falling from one of the defendant’s cars when the door was opened for her to alight. There was evidence that the plaintiff entered the car at Harvard Square station; that “most all the seats were filled;” that in the presence' of the guard and starter many people boarded the car *349and it became so crowded that the guard “had to press the doors in;” that at this hour in the morning, at Harvard Square, the cars were always filled, and “everybody was rushing wild, trying to get on;” that the plaintiff was injured at Bigelow Avenue, in Watertown, which was about twelve…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Hubbard v. AllynMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Kuhlen v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Glennen v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- MacGilvray v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- McCumber v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Ritchie v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Pearson v. Director General of RailroadsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Sack v. Director General of RailroadsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Moulton v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Burns v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
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