Legal Opinion
Cook v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 31, 1929PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover compensation for bodily injuries caused to her while a traveller on a public way by a defect therein. The case comes before us on report. The only question argued or presented is whether the judge was right in ruling that there was no sufficient evidence to warrant a finding that the defect had existed long enough for the defendant in the exercise of reasonable care and diligence to have known of it.
Testimony on this point came from the plaintiff in substance that upon examination of the place of her injury she saw a large round hole, about six inches in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hamlet v. Inhabitants of WatertownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Murphy v. City of SomervilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Cannon v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- McMahon v. Inhabitants of HarvardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Taylor v. Inhabitants of SterlingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Dillon v. Town of FraminghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- George v. City of MaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Adams v. Town of BoltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Bagdikian v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Duffy v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
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