Jones v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort by the administrator of the estate of Arabella C. Jones under R. L. c. 48, §§ 98, 99, for personal injuries received by the plaintiff’s intestate by reason of a defect in the sidewalk of Audubon Road in Boston. Writ dated May 19, 1905. In the Superior Court the case was heard by Raymond, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, the substance of which is stated in the opinion.
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Tort by the administrator of the estate of Arabella C. Jones under R. L. c. 48, §§ 98, 99, for personal injuries received by the plaintiff’s intestate by reason of a defect in the sidewalk of Audubon Road in Boston. Writ dated May 19, 1905. In the Superior Court the case was heard by Raymond, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, the substance of which is stated in the opinion. At the close of the evidence, the judge ordered a verdict for the defendant, and by agreement of the parties submitted two questions to the jury. These questions, with the answers of the jury, were as follows: “ 1.…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
This was an action of tort for injuries received by the plaintiff’s intestate, Arabella C. Jones, upon a way *268in the defendant city known as Audubon Road, under such circumstances as to have rendered the defendant liable if the place where the accident occurred had been a public highway.
At the trial it appeared that the plaintiff’s intestate had been travelling upon Beacon Street, a public highway in the defendant city, and that she turned into Audubon Road, which led out from Beacon" Street at right angles, and that after proceeding up the road a short distance she met with a defect in the…
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