Smith v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

This is an action to recover for personal injuries received by the plaintiff on February 27, 1925, in consequence of falling over an obstruction in the sidewalk surrounding the Haymarket Square subway station in Boston. The case was tried together with another action against the city of Boston to recover for the same injuries.

On the morning of the accident, the plaintiff, who was a passenger on a car of the defendant, came up the stairs from the station platform, on the Union Street side, and went out upon the sidewalk surrounding the station. He turned to the right and walked a few feet when…