Compton v. Inhabitants of Revere
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort against the inhabitants of the town of Revere to recover for in j uries caused by falling on the slope of an embankment in process of construction under an order prescribing the manner of changing the grade at a railroad crossing of Beach Street in that town.
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Tort against the inhabitants of the town of Revere to recover for in j uries caused by falling on the slope of an embankment in process of construction under an order prescribing the manner of changing the grade at a railroad crossing of Beach Street in that town. Writ dated April 3, 1897. At the trial in the Superior Court, Sherman, J. refused to direct a verdict for the defendant, and left the case to the jury, who found for the plaintiff in the sum of $2,500. The defendant alleged exceptions. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover for personal injuries sustained by him on account of an alleged defect in a highway in the defendant town. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; and the case is before us on the defendant’s exceptions. There were eleven requests for instructions, only one of which need be considered, and that is the last, which is as follows: “ That, upon all the evidence in the case, the verdict should be for the defendant.”
The undisputed facts in' the ease are that in consequence of an order of the county commissioners, made on September 1, 1896, it became necessary…
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