Osborne v. Boston Consolidated Gas Co.

This is an action of tort to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff at about noon on April 8, 1931, on Morton Street, . Dorchester, Massachusetts. At the conclusion of the evidence the defendant duly moved in writing that the judge order a verdict for the defendant. This motion was denied and the defendant duly excepted. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff.

The reported evidence in its aspect most favorable to the plaintiff’s right of action warranted the finding of the following facts: On April 8, 1931, at the intersection of Pleasant…