Opinion · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Goddard v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Goddard v. Bos. & Me. R.R., 179 Mass. 52 (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 1901)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Date
- 1901-05-22
- Topic
- general
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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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.