Isaacson v. City of Boston
Decision Date | 01 April 1907 |
Citation | 195 Mass. 114,80 N.E. 809 |
Parties | ISAACSON v. CITY OF BOSTON. |
Court | United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Supreme Court |
Percy
W. Carver, for plaintiff.
Philip Nichols, for defendant.
Several witnesses called by the plaintiff testified as to the condition of the sidewalk, but upon an inquiry by the court the counsel for the plaintiff very properly stated in substance that so far as respected the condition he should rely upon the evidence of one Harriman as giving an accurate description. This witness was an experienced civil engineer, and he testified from measurements actually made by him in behalf of the plaintiff shortly after the accident. On this matter Harriman testified as follows: The depression Upon cross-examination he testified that the bricks were there but 'had settled, the deepest depression being an inch and a half.' He further testified that the depression He also testified that the twelve bricks were each four inches wide, and that 'the settlement was very even; there was no real abrupt displacement of the separate bricks.' At the time he examined the sidewalk there was snow and ice upon it, but he cleared it away so that he...
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