Boyd v. Taylor
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries incurred on October 30,1901, while in the employ of the defendants, manufacturers of sausages doing business in Boston under the name of Park’s Sausage and Provision Company, when the plaintiff had been set at work to operate a meat chopping machine of the defendants. Writ dated April 14, 1903. In the Superior Court the case first was tried before Bell, J., who at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence ordered a verdict for the defendants.
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Tort for personal injuries incurred on October 30,1901, while in the employ of the defendants, manufacturers of sausages doing business in Boston under the name of Park’s Sausage and Provision Company, when the plaintiff had been set at work to operate a meat chopping machine of the defendants. Writ dated April 14, 1903. In the Superior Court the case first was tried before Bell, J., who at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence ordered a verdict for the defendants. The plaintiff alleged exceptions, which were sustained by this court in a decision reported in 195 Mass. 272. There was a new…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, J.
This case was before ns upon an exception to the direction of a verdict for the defendants as reported in 195 Mass. 272. It was held then that there was evidence which required a submission to the jury of the due care of the plaintiff and the negligence of the defendant. A careful comparison of the testimony upon the present record with that at its earlier presentation shows no substantial differences and that it is the same as to the fundamental points. The defendants are not able to suggest any real distinction in the evidence at the two trials. The fact that the former opinion was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Boyd v. TaylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
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