Legal Opinion
McCarthy v. Inhabitants of Stoneham
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 2, 1916PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff by reason of an alleged defect in a highway called Montvale Avenue in the town of Stoneham. Montvale Avenue runs in an easterly and westerly direction, and Chestnut Street runs into Montvale Avenue from the south but does not cross it.
The plaintiff testified that on the night of November 4, 1912, she was on the way to her home on Montvale Avenue, that she came down the westerly side of Chestnut Street, and, while crossing Montvale Avenue, she stumbled over an iron pin in the gutter on the northerly side of the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Torphy v. City of Fall RiverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Compton v. Inhabitants of RevereMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Jones v. CollinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Tobin v. Inhabitants of BrimfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Jones v. CollinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Naze v. Inhabitants of HudsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Chapman v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Messner v. City of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Beckwith v. Town of BoylstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Cragg v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
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