Legal Opinion
Chapman v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 21, 1925PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover for personal injuries received by her by reason of an alleged defect in a highway in the defendant city. There was evidence that the city entered into a contract with the State Contracting Company for the reconstruction of Bickford Street, and that at the time the plaintiff was injured the company was engaged in raising and resetting curbstones on each side of the street. The contractor had received a permit from the city to close the street to travel. The evidence was conflicting as to whether barriers and signs had been erected notifying the travelling public…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Stoliker v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Norwood v. City of SomervilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Compton v. Inhabitants of RevereMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Jones v. CollinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Jones v. CollinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Cody v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Elwell v. Town of AtholMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Pratt v. City of PeabodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- McCarthy v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Sample v. City of MelroseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
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