McNamara v. Boston & Maine Railroad

This is an action of tort to recover damages for injuries received by reason of ice upon a platform of station premises of the defendant.* The only question presented is whether the plaintiff gave a notice as required by St. 1908, c. 305, whereby a person founding an action upon defective conditions caused by or consisting in part of snow or ice is required to give notice of the time, place and cause of the injury or damage to the person or corporation responsible therefor. The plaintiff contends that this statutory requirement is' satisfied by a communication addressed by her attorney to the…