Patrick v. Pote
Decision Date | 10 March 1875 |
Citation | 117 Mass. 297 |
Court | United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Supreme Court |
Parties | Samuel Patrick v. James H. Pote & another |
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Suffolk. Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff from the falling of a bale of goods upon him from a wagon, in charge of the defendants' servant, in a public street in the city of Boston. Trial in this court before Morton, J who allowed a bill of exceptions in substance as follows:
The defendants were truckmen and teamsters. The plaintiff was foreman of Elder & Co., other truckmen and teamsters engaged in their behalf at the store of one Wright on Devonshire Street. The defendants' wagon, in charge of one Brown as teamster, was loaded with bales set on end in the wagon and on the tail-board.
The plaintiff testified as follows:
Thomas H. Bird testified: Cross-examined.
Wm. E. Norwood testified:
Emery Brown testified for the defendants: Cross-examined. ...
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