Legal Opinion
Nelson v. Economy Grocery Stores Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 11, 1940PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
The plaintiff, while travelling along Main Street in Gloucester in the early evening of August 29, 1936, slipped upon a string bean upon the sidewalk in front of the defendant’s store and received personal injuries for which she seeks damages. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff alleged exceptions to certain portions of the instructions to the jury.
On one side of the door, which was located in the middle of the front of the store, was a wooden stand ten feet long containing one or two rows of bushel boxes, tipped toward the street, for the display and sale of…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DascalakisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Wallace v. LudwigMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Baggs v. HirschfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Cameron v. BuckleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Morley v. Police CommissionerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Back v. Wickes Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Amory v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Commonwealth v. SheaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Inferrera v. Town of SudburyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1991
- Martel v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
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