Meaney v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort under It. L. c. 51, § 18, against the city of Boston for personal injuries from being struck by a gate on the Warren Bridge, leading across the Charles River from that part of Boston called Charlestown, under the circumstances stated in the opinion.
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Tort under It. L. c. 51, § 18, against the city of Boston for personal injuries from being struck by a gate on the Warren Bridge, leading across the Charles River from that part of Boston called Charlestown, under the circumstances stated in the opinion. Writ dated January 14, 1901. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Bell, J., who at the close of the evidence ruled that upon all the evidence the action could not be maintained and ordered a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
On the morning of December 24, 1900, the plaintiff was crossing Warren Bridge on his way to Boston. When he reached the draw he found it open and the gates across the bridge shut. He waited until the draw was shut and the gates across the bridge were thrown back by the gate tender. He then went forward and was struck by the gate across the sidewalk on which he was walking rebounding from the fence to which it should have latched itself when it was thrown back.
By St. 1874, c. 259, § 2, the duty of maintaining this bridge as a public highway is put upon the defendant.
The necessary notice was…
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