Legal Opinion
Freeman v. United Fruit Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 3, 1916PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The action, which is tort for personal injuries, was submitted to the jury on the first count of the declaration which alleges, that while the plaintiff was lawfully on the defendant’s steamship lying at her dock, he “was severely injured by the wanton and reckless conduct of the defendant, its servants or agents, in hurling or dropping against him from a great height a large bundle of canvas.” A verdict having been returned for the plaintiff, the questions raised by the defendant’s exceptions to the admission and exclusion of evidence, to the refusals to rule as requested and to the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Reardon v. ThompsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Aiken v. Holyoke Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Romana v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Quimby v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- Marble v. RossMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WelanskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Sandler v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Proctor v. DillonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Isaacson v. Boston, Worcester & New York Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Continental Corp. v. GowdyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
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