Byrne v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries alleged to. have been received by the plaintiff by reason of her having been run into and knocked down by a street car of the defendant.
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Tort for personal injuries alleged to. have been received by the plaintiff by reason of her having been run into and knocked down by a street car of the defendant. Writ in the Superior Court for the county of Suffolk dated August 20, 1902. There was a trial before Richardson, J. It appeared that the plaintiff was injured while standing between the north bound and the south bound street car tracks on Atlantic Avenue on the crosswalk in front of the station of the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad, as shown on the plan on page 446. Besides the facts stated in the opinion, the witnesses for…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
The plaintiff’s story in the case at bar is that with her mother and a Mrs. Small she crossed from the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad station to take a car on the south bound track, being the second of the three tracks shown on the accompanying plan. They boarded a south bound car, but, finding it to be too crowded, had it stopped before it was fairly under way, and left it. On leaving it they passed around the rear end of that car and proceeded on the crosswalk to go back to the sidewalk in front of the station of the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad, to wait for another south…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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