Adduci v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries, sustained when the plaintiff was alighting as a passenger from an eight wheeled open street railway car operated by the defendant on Neponset Avenue in that part of Boston called Dorchester, and alleged to have been caused by a dangerous and defective condition of the car.
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Tort for personal injuries, sustained when the plaintiff was alighting as a passenger from an eight wheeled open street railway car operated by the defendant on Neponset Avenue in that part of Boston called Dorchester, and alleged to have been caused by a dangerous and defective condition of the car. Writ dated July 21,1911. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Hall, J. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, which showed the facts stated in the opinion, the judge ordered a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The plaintiff was a passenger on an eight wheeled open car. It appears from the testimony and the photographs that on either side and close to the framework were four iron wheel guards, each about twelve inches high, fifteen inches long and extending out upon the running board about half its width, or seven inches. While the plaintiff was in the act of alighting from the car his foot struck the guard that was opposite the end of his seat and he slipped to the ground, receiving the injuries complained of. The car was stationary at the time. The plaintiff does not contend that the evidence…
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