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Robrish v. Snyder

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided April 16, 1925PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.

The plaintiff’s injury was due to a fall upon slippery ice formed through the operation of the forces of nature under the influence of the climate, to which no wrongful act or omission of the defendant contributed. Under such circumstances there is no liability in damages.

The evidence fails to show any of. the facts which have been held to create liability in cases of injury from snow or ice.

The building did not project over the way on which the plaintiff was passing so as to discharge snow or ice upon it as in Smethurst v. Barton Square Independent Congregational Church, 148 Mass. 260,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Shipley v. Fifty AssociatesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
  2. Watkins v. GoodallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
  3. Marston v. PhippsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
  4. Hynes v. BrewerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
  5. Coman v. AllesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Cooper v. Braver, Healey & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
  2. Smith v. Locke Coal Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
  3. Jefferson v. L'HeureuxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
  4. Harrison v. Poli-New England Theatres, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  5. Solomon v. WeissmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929

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