Rhoades v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries sustained on October 24,1915, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant’s servants 'in closing a door of a car on a train of the defendant upon the plaintiff’s leg, when the plaintiff was passing through such train as a passenger of the defendant at the defendant’s Dudley Street station in Boston.
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Tort for personal injuries sustained on October 24,1915, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant’s servants 'in closing a door of a car on a train of the defendant upon the plaintiff’s leg, when the plaintiff was passing through such train as a passenger of the defendant at the defendant’s Dudley Street station in Boston. Writ dated March 16, 1916. In the Superior Court the case was tried before J. F. Brown, J. At the close of the evidence, which is described in the opinion, the judge excluded certain evidence offered by the plaintiff as there described and ordered a…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The plaintiff testified, and the jury could find, that while a passenger at one of the defendant’s stations she alighted "from a surface car on what is known as the east loop platform; in order for her to get a car to her home it was necessary for her to cross from the east loop to the west loop platform; that after alighting from the surface car on to the east loop platform she walked across the platform to the pit so called; that she attempted to pass through a car of an elevated train to the other platform; that she passed through the first door, but before she cleared the door on the west…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- West v. PoorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Hillman v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Youngerman v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Hyams v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
3Cited by4 opinions
- Fone v. ElloianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Damico v. Wash., B. A.R. Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1930
- Damico v. Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Electric RailroadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1930
- Threlkeld v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925