Brasslavsky v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

This is an action to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained by a passenger on one of the *404defendant’s cars. The declaration alleged that while the plaintiff was such passenger “ a fuse blew out, on account of the negligence of the defendant, its servants or agents ” in failing to exercise such inspection of the car as would have revealed the defective condition of the fuse.

There was evidence tending to show that there was “ a shock like a cannon,” a loud noise and a fire, and that the light in the car went out. Several witnesses testified in various forms of words to the noise…