Harris v. Inhabitants of Great Barrington
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two ACTIONS OF TOBT, for personal injuries occasioned to the plaintiffs, respectively, by an alleged defect in a highway in the defendant town. The cases were tried together in the Superior Court, before Bishop, J., who, after a verdict for the plaintiff in each case, reported them for the determination of this court.
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Two ACTIONS OF TOBT, for personal injuries occasioned to the plaintiffs, respectively, by an alleged defect in a highway in the defendant town. The cases were tried together in the Superior Court, before Bishop, J., who, after a verdict for the plaintiff in each case, reported them for the determination of this court. If the plaintiffs could not maintain their actions, the Verdicts were to be set aside and new trials ordered ; otherwise, judgment was to be entered on the verdicts. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
These two cases come before us on the report of the justice presiding at the trial. A plan and photographs of the place of the accident were submitted to the jury, and produced before us at the argument, and all the material evidence on the question of the liability of the defendant town was reported. The report states the case as it appeared from the evidence as follows:
“ These are actions of tort to recover damages for personal injuries to the plaintiffs while driving upon a highway in the town of Great Barrington on November 2, 1896. Both cases were tried with a jury. The jury took a view…
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