Craft v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries caused by the closing of a door of a car of the defendant upon the plaintiff as she was entering the car as a passenger in the Court Street station of the East Boston Tunnel. Writ dated June 3, 1908. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Morton, J. It was admitted that the plaintiff was in the exercise of due care, and attempted to board the car as a passenger at a point where the car stopped for that purpose.
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Tort for personal injuries caused by the closing of a door of a car of the defendant upon the plaintiff as she was entering the car as a passenger in the Court Street station of the East Boston Tunnel. Writ dated June 3, 1908. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Morton, J. It was admitted that the plaintiff was in the exercise of due care, and attempted to board the car as a passenger at a point where the car stopped for that purpose. The Court Street station is the Boston terminal of the East Boston tunnel. At this point there is a single track, and the cars come to a stop at…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
The only question is whether there was evidence of the negligence of the defendant. At the time of the accident the plaintiff was entering the car by the right hand door which was at the forward end of the car. The door is forty-six inches in width and the aperture is divided in the middle by a perpendicular rod. The door in closing passes outside this rod, leaving a space of about three inches. “The rod is apparently designed as a handhold to steady passengers when entering or alighting from the car, and to separate outgoing and incoming passengers.” The plaintiff’s evidence, which is not…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- White v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- James v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Beattie v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Savage v. Marlborough Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Hebblethwaite v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
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- Harrison v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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