Hillman v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of tort, the first by a married woman for personal injuries received by her on June 24,1902, at a terminal station of the defendant at Sullivan Square in that part of Boston called Charlestown, alleged to have been caused by negligence of the defendant’s servants in closing a gate attached to one of the cars on the elevated railway of the defendant upon the skirt of the plaintiff’s dress, so that she could not release herself and was dragged along the platform of…
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Two actions of tort, the first by a married woman for personal injuries received by her on June 24,1902, at a terminal station of the defendant at Sullivan Square in that part of Boston called Charlestown, alleged to have been caused by negligence of the defendant’s servants in closing a gate attached to one of the cars on the elevated railway of the defendant upon the skirt of the plaintiff’s dress, so that she could not release herself and was dragged along the platform of the station when the train started, and the second action by the husband of the plaintiff in the first case for loss of…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
The only question in this case is whether the evidence warranted the jury in finding that the plaintiff in the first action was invited by the defendant to go from one to the other platform in its Sullivan Square station by crossing over an elevated train which was standing between the two platforms to discharge and receive passengers.
Sullivan Square station is primarily a transfer station. Through the centre of it runs the single track of the defendant’s elevated railway. This track runs north and south and is in a pit about four feet below the station platforms. The station platforms are on…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Redigan v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Moffatt v. KennyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- Murphy v. Boston and Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- Bowler v. MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Wheelwright v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
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