Lord v. Inhabitants of Wakefield

This is an action of tort, with a count at common law and several counts under the St. of 1887, c. 270, and the amendments thereof, for personal injury sustained by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant. At the trial in the Superior Court at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, a verdict was ordered for the defendant, and the case comes before us on the plaintiff’s exceptions, with a full report of the evidence. The evidence is set forth at unnecessary length, and the facts in the case may be briefly stated. The defendant was a municipal corporation, engaged in the manufacture…