Bryant v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries received when the, plaintiff was attempting to board a surface car of the defendant in the Park Street station of the Tremont Street subway in Boston. Writ dated October 11, 1915. In .the Superior Court the action was tried before Hall, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion. The defendant rested at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence and moved that a. verdict be ordered for it.
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Tort for personal injuries received when the, plaintiff was attempting to board a surface car of the defendant in the Park Street station of the Tremont Street subway in Boston. Writ dated October 11, 1915. In .the Superior Court the action was tried before Hall, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion. The defendant rested at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence and moved that a. verdict be ordered for it. The motion was granted, and the judge reported the case for the determination of this court, judgment to be entered on the verdict if it was ordered properly, and, if the…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The jury on her evidence would have been warranted in finding that, having paid her fare, the plaintiff whose due care is not questioned, was waiting at the station for the arrival of the car on which she intended to take passage, and that, having started for the car when it came in and while attempting to reach it,.she was caught and carried off her feet by a crowd pushing about her and was thrown into a space between the edge of the platform and a car standing in the station which had stopped for the purpose of permitting passengers to board the car. A further finding would have been…
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