Goddard v. Boston & M.R. Co.

Decision Date22 May 1901
PartiesGODDARD v. BOSTON & M. R. CO.
CourtUnited States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Supreme Court
COUNSEL

John

E. Crowley, for plaintiff.

Walter I. Badger and Sanford Robinson, for defendant.

OPINION

HOLMES, C.J.

The banana skin upon which the plaintiff stepped and which caused him to slip may have been dropped within a minute by one of the persons who was leaving the train. It is unnecessary to go further to decide the case.

Exceptions overruled.

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