Lacy v. City of Boston

In her complaint the plaintiff, Annie Smith Lacy, named as defendants the city of Boston, the mayor of that city, and a mounted police officer of the city of Boston, whose name the plaintiff did not know. The wrongs for which the plaintiff seeks redress occurred on July 24, 1977, and are described as injuries sustained when a horse upon which a policeman was mounted stepped on the plaintiff’s foot. The basis for recovery set out in the complaint is G. L. c. 258, as appearing in St. 1978, c. 512, § 15 (which inserted a wholly new c. 258). Because the incident occurred prior to August 16, 1977,…