Legal Opinion
Sylvia v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 4, 1932PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The plaintiff was injured by reason of an alleged defect in that part of Kilby Street in Boston designed for vehicular traffic. The street is paved with wooden blocks. The plaintiff testified that as she was crossing the street she stepped into a hole “about a foot long, two to three inches wide and about three inches deep”; that the hole “was alongside the ‘manhole’ cover; that the hole went down straight on the side along the ‘manhole’ cover; that the other side (of the hole) ‘kind of’ sloped in toward the manhole cover.” There was further evidence that the depression ran “from nothing, the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Newton v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- Crowell v. City of MaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Guidi v. Town of Great BarringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Isaacson v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Rust v. Inhabitants of EssexMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Callagy v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Bagdikian v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- MacDonald v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Green v. Town of WilmingtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Swenson v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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