Legal Opinion
Cahill v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 2, 1907PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
This is an action of tort for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while at work in the employment of the defendant as a toll operator at its telephone exchange in the city of Lynn. In the Superior Court at the close of the evidence for the plaintiff, at the request of the defendant, a verdict was directed in its favor, and the case is before us on the plaintiff’s exceptions to the ruling.
The notice required by R. L. c. 106, § 75, not having been given, the count under the statute was waived, and the case went to trial on the counts at common law. These in substance alleged that the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Graham v. BadgerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- Moynihan v. Hills Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Griffin v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Finnegan v. Winslow Skate Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Wadsworth v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Ryan v. Fall River Iron Works Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- McCrea v. Beverly Gas & Electric Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Parsons v. Dwightstate Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Ruddy v. George F. Blake Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Cain v. Southern Massachusetts Telephone Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
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