Cunningham v. T. A. Gillespie Co.

The plaintiff’s intestate was injured on October 17, 1917, by reason of a defect in the sidewalk near the corner of West Broadway and Dorchester Avenue, South Boston. In 1916 the defendant obtained a contract for building a section of the Dorchester tunnel in the vicinity of the accident, and in November of that year began the undertaking. The contract was awarded by the Boston Transit Commission. Its secretary testified that according to the records of the commission the defendant completed its work under the contract June 26, 1917, and the certificate of the chief engineer was executed on…