Pierce v. City of New Bedford
Pierce v. City of New Bedford
129 Mass. 534; 1880 Mass. LEXIS 291
Cases that cite this one
10 later published cases cite this decision.
- Howard v. City of Brooklyn (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1898)
- Howard v. City of Brooklyn (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1898)
- Caissie v. City of Cambridge (Mass. 1944)
- Harris v. City of Des Moines (Iowa 1926)
- Jones v. City of Williamsburg (Va. 1900)
- Custer v. City of New Philadelphia (Tuscarawas Circuit Court 1900)
- Custer v. New Philadelphia (Ohio Circuit Courts 1900)
- Toomey v. City of Albany (New York Supreme Court 1891)
- Hubbell v. City of Viroqua (Wis. 1886)
- Burford v. City of Grand Rapids (Mich. 1884)
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Opinion of the Court
The declaration shows no cause of action against the defendant. A boy coasting upon a hand-sled is not a defect or want of repair in the highway, for which the city is liable to a person struck by the moving sled. St. 1877, c. 234. Vinal v. Dorchester, 7 Gray, 421. Shepherd v. Chelsea, 4 Allen, 113. Barber v. Roxbury, 11 Allen, 318. Hutchinson v. Concord, 41 Vt. 271. Judgment for the defendant.
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