Ritchie v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff on February 21, 1917, at the subway station of the defendant at Park Street in Boston, alleged to. have been caused by being pushed off a car of the defendant which she was attempting to leave. Writ dated April 26, 1917. In the Superior Court the action was tried before Keating, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion.
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Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff on February 21, 1917, at the subway station of the defendant at Park Street in Boston, alleged to. have been caused by being pushed off a car of the defendant which she was attempting to leave. Writ dated April 26, 1917. In the Superior Court the action was tried before Keating, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion. The jury found for the plaintiff in the sum of $2,000. Before the verdict of the jury was recorded, the judge ordered a verdict for the defendant and reported the case for determination by this court upon the…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
There was evidence that the plaintiff was injured while leaving a crowded car on which she was a passenger, *474at the Park Street subway station in Boston. As she reached the door at the rear end of the car, she took hold of the side rail with her right hand, “the force of the passengers behind me coming along . . . pushed me with such force I lost my grip on the rail and fell on the concrete pavement.” The conductor was “ at the rear of the car in his usual place,” and “ kept saying, ‘ Step lively, step lively.’ ”
It is settled law in this Commonwealth that a street Railway company is not at…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- MacGilvray v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Willworth v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Seale v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Hawes v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Knowles v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
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- Burns v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
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