Harrington v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort against the Boston Elevated Railway Company for personal injuries sustained shortly before midnight on Saturday, November 7, 1908, from falling between a temporary station platform at an elevated station of the defendant at the North Station in Boston and the step of a car forming part of a train of the defendant which the plaintiff was attempting to enter as a passenger.
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Tort against the Boston Elevated Railway Company for personal injuries sustained shortly before midnight on Saturday, November 7, 1908, from falling between a temporary station platform at an elevated station of the defendant at the North Station in Boston and the step of a car forming part of a train of the defendant which the plaintiff was attempting to enter as a passenger. Writ dated January 14, 1910. In the Superior Court the case first was tried before Pratt, J., who ordered a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff alleged exceptions, which after the death of Pratt, J., were allowed…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is an action of tort to recover damages for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while attempting to board a car upon an elevated train of the defendant at the North Station in Boston shortly before midnight, at a time when extensive changes were under way rendered necessary by the construction of the Washington Street tunnel. The location of the tracks and the platform were temporary and the plaintiff received injuries *426by stepping into a space between the station platform and the car. It was held when the case was here before as reported in 221 Mass. 299, that the plaintiff was…
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