McCarthy v. Morse
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, against Willie W. Morse and three others, copartners doing business under the firm name of Johnson and Company, and George Sanderson, for personal injuries incurred on October 27,1904, in the manner described in the opinion. Writ dated November 10,1904. At the trial in the Superior Court before Bond, J., the defendants constituting the firm of Johnson and Company asked the judge for twenty-six rulings, of which nineteen were refused by the judge.
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Tort, against Willie W. Morse and three others, copartners doing business under the firm name of Johnson and Company, and George Sanderson, for personal injuries incurred on October 27,1904, in the manner described in the opinion. Writ dated November 10,1904. At the trial in the Superior Court before Bond, J., the defendants constituting the firm of Johnson and Company asked the judge for twenty-six rulings, of which nineteen were refused by the judge. The rulings the exceptions to the refusal of which were argued by the defendant were as follows: ' 2. Upon all the evidence the plaintiff was…
1Opinion of the CourtRttgg, J.
This is an action of tort by a foreman in the employ of the water department of the city of Boston, for injuries sustained while attempting to move a wooden railing of a temporary bridge about twenty-four feet wide and thirteen feet long, which spanned a trench eight feet in depth, excavated by men in charge of. the plaintiff. The bridge had been erected the day before under the direction of the plaintiff at a junction of two public streets, in order to provide a passage for travellers over the excavation. On each side of the bridge and extending somewhat beyond it at both ends was a railing,…
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