Sheehan v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions OF tort, for personal injuries. Trial in the Superior Court, before Graskill, J., who, at the defendant’s request, directed verdicts in each case for the defendant; and the plaintiffs alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
These are actions of tort, for personal injuries suffered by falling into a trench in the Public Garden in Boston. The plaintiffs had been sitting upon a movable settee, which they found upon the grass a little way from the path, in the neighborhood of an arbor near the corner of Boylston and Arlington Streets. They had risen and were walking across the grass toward the Newbury Street exit from the garden, when before they reached a path they fell into the trench. This trench had been dug by the city for the laying of water pipes, and was some ten feet deep, and was not guarded. The…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Tuttle v. City of LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Arey v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Breuck v. City of HolyokeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
3Cited by3 opinions
- Conroy v. MatherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- City of Birmingham v. MauzeySupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
- Rowe ex rel. Rowe v. HammondMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913