Legal Opinion
Agnew v. Franks
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 25, 1926PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.
The plaintiff was walking along the sidewalk of Chandler Street in Lawrence, in front of the premises of the defendants, at nine o’clock in the dusk of an August evening, when shé caught her foot in a tangled bunch of wire and was thrown to the ground. She brought suit for damages, and alleged that the defendants conduct a junk business at the place of the accident, and in person or by their agents or servants ' ‘ piled junk, tangled wire or hoops upon the sidewalk in front of said premises and improperly and negligently allowed the same to remain there” and that while she was walking on the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bigwood v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Linnehan v. SampsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Goddard v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- McGuinness v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- Downing v. Jordan Marsh Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Mello v. City of PeabodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Nelson v. Economy Grocery Stores Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Bamberg v. Bryan's Wet Wash Laundry Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Bennett v. CohenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Farolato v. Springfield Five Cents Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
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