Yancey v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries received by the plaintiff from being thrown from a step of an electric street car of the defendant on Cambridge Street in Boston on February 21, 1905. Writ dated March 15, 1905. The first count of the declaration alleged that while the plaintiff was lawfully on one of the cars of the defendant and while she was in the exercise of due care, by reason of the carelessness and negligence of the defendant, its servants and agents in the operation and…
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Tort for personal injuries received by the plaintiff from being thrown from a step of an electric street car of the defendant on Cambridge Street in Boston on February 21, 1905. Writ dated March 15, 1905. The first count of the declaration alleged that while the plaintiff was lawfully on one of the cars of the defendant and while she was in the exercise of due care, by reason of the carelessness and negligence of the defendant, its servants and agents in the operation and control of the car she was thrown violently from the car to the ground and was injured. The second count, added by…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The plaintiff, although a young woman, suffered from permanent lameness, owing to a dislocation of the hip. In walking, to lessen the weight upon this hip where an abscess had formed, she had been provided with crutches at the hospital from which she was returning to her home at the time of the accident. The car she intended to take had stopped, and remained standing at a cross walk, with the right hand rear door of the vestibule open on the side next to the street, through which passengers were entering, while the conductor stood on the platform. But the vestibule door next to the double…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Plummer v. DillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Aiken v. Holyoke Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Black v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Banks v. BramanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Severy v. NickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WelanskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Burns's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Pridgen v. Boston Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Bergeron v. ForestMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Sandler v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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