Mceachern v. Boston & M.R. Co.
| Decision Date | 03 January 1890 |
| Citation | 150 Mass. 515,23 N.E. 231 |
| Parties | MCEACHERN v. BOSTON & M.R. CO. |
| Court | United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Supreme Court |
January 3, 1890
HEADNOTES
B.S. Ladd, for plaintiff.
The declaration shows that the plaintiff, a boy upwards of 11 years of age, was a trespasser upon the land of the defendant, committing an unlawful act in meddling with the defendant's car. He was not invited or enticed there by the defendant, and the defendant owed him no duty to have the car safe for him to visit. Lane v. Atlantic Works, 111 Mass. 136; Johnson v. Railroad Co., 125 Mass. 75; Morrissey v. Railroad Co., 126 Mass. 377. Judgment affirmed.
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