Legal Opinion
Ridge v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 29, 1913PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIIttgg, C. J.
This is an action of tort at common law whereby the plaintiff seeks to recover damages for personal injuries received by bim while in the employ of the defendant. He worked in a car barn, in which were several parallel tracks and a shifting table. This was a platform device, whose chief elements were two rails joined firmly together in such way that they could be superimposed upon the rails of an ordinary track. On account of the tapering ends of the rails of the shifting table a car could be run upon it readily by power communicated through its own trolley. The shifting table was supported…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Bigwood v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Ryan v. Fall River Iron Works Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Johnson v. Boston Tow-Boat Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Childs v. American Express Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Zeigler v. DayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
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- Hutchinson v. SovrenskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
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