Murphy v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

The plaintiff’s intestate, a hoy five years and four months of age, bright, intelligent and well developed for his years, lived on New Heath Street near Centre Street in the Roxbury district. He had travelled on the street cars and knew Centre Street and knew there were two street railway tracks there upon which the cars ran frequently, in both directions. He had been sent on errands before November 14, 1900. On that day he was sent on an errand to Highland Street which leads off from Centre Street some distance southerly from New Heath Street, To do the errand he must cross Centre Street. In…