Forsyth v. Boston & Albany Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries received at. the defendants’ railroad station called Rice’s Crossing, in Needham. Trial in the superior court, before Wilkinson, J., who reported the case for the determination of this court substantially as follows : “ Only three trains a day each way stopped at the station, and those only when there were passengers to get in or out there.
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Tort for personal injuries received at. the defendants’ railroad station called Rice’s Crossing, in Needham. Trial in the superior court, before Wilkinson, J., who reported the case for the determination of this court substantially as follows : “ Only three trains a day each way stopped at the station, and those only when there were passengers to get in or out there. No tickets were sold there, or for the station by that name, and there was no accommodation for passengers, other than a shelter, which was a building, but the defendants advertised Rice’s Crossing in the newspapers as one of…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, J.
The facts upon which the decision of this case depends may be briefly stated. The accident for which the plaintiff seeks to recover damages of the defendants occurred at their station called Rice’s Crossing in Needham, near the point where the railroad is crossed by a highway. At this station the defendants had provided a platform on each side of the track, extending to the highway, or to a travelled place connected with it, with a step at the end next the highway. The plaintiff alighted from the car upon the platform farthest from the station-house, about ten o’clock at night. Instead of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Gaynor v. Old Colony & Newport Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Caswell v. Boston & Worcester RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
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- Patter v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1873
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