Leuci v. Sterman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of tort, the first action being for personal injuries received when a gate on premises of the defendant fell upon the plaintiff, then ten years of age, as she was passing along a private way in the rear of the defendant’s premises, and the second action being by the father of the plaintiff in the first, for consequential damages.
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Two actions of tort, the first action being for personal injuries received when a gate on premises of the defendant fell upon the plaintiff, then ten years of age, as she was passing along a private way in the rear of the defendant’s premises, and the second action being by the father of the plaintiff in the first, for consequential damages. Writs dated October 21, 1919. In the Superior Court, the actions were tried together before Flynn, J. The plan referred to in the opinion was in evidence and before this court. It was entitled “Plan of the Everett Avenue Syndicate Lands.” The evidence,…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
These two actions of tort, one for personal injuries sustained by Ellena Leuci (hereinafter called the plaintiff), on a way in Chelsea known as Locust Street, and one for expenses paid by her father, were tried together. The plaintiff, who was ten years old at the time of the accident, lived with her parents on Yale Street, Chelsea. She was sent on an errand to Beach Street, Everett. On her return, while travelling on Locust Street, a door belonging to the defendants, which formed a part of the fence enclosing their property, fell upon her, causing the injuries complained of. The fence into…
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