Moulton v. Gage
Moulton v. Gage
138 Mass. 390; 1885 Mass. LEXIS 205
Cases that cite this one
23 later published cases cite this decision.
- C & M Builders, LLC v. Strub (Md. 2011)
- Sylvain v. Boston & Maine Railroad (Mass. 1932)
- Woelflen v. Lewiston-Clarkston Co. (Wash. 1908)
- Faber v. C. Reiss Coal Co. (Wis. 1905)
- Meehan v. Holyoke Street Railway Co. (Mass. 1904)
- Decker v. Stimson Mill Co. (Wash. 1903)
- Epperson v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co. (Mo. 1900)
- Carrigan v. Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co. (Mass. 1898)
- Denver Tramway Co. v. Nesbit (Colo. 1896)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. McGinnis (Neb. 1896)
- Pitrowsky v. J. W. Reedy Elevator Manufacturing Co. (Ill. App. Ct. 1894)
- Carey v. Boston & Maine Railroad (Mass. 1893)
- Anderson v. Clark (Mass. 1892)
- Rood v. Lawrence Manufacturing Co. (Mass. 1892)
- Patnode v. Warren Cotton Mills (Mass. 1892)
- Fitzgerald v. Connecticut River Paper Co. (Mass. 1891)
- Alcorn v. Chicago & Alton Railroad (Mo. 1891)
- Rogers v. Galveston City Railway Co. (Tex. 1890)
- Lothrop v. Fitchburg Railroad (Mass. 1890)
- Wood v. Locke (Mass. 1888)
- Gaffney v. N.Y. N.E.R.R. Co. (R.I. 1887)
- Gaffney v. New York & New England Railroad (R.I. 1887)
- Haley v. Case (Mass. 1886)
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Opinion of the Court
The ruling was correct. The plaintiff was employed to work upon the platform as it was constructed. There was no hidden defect in it; it was what it appeared to be. The absence of the railing and the risks consequent thereon were obvious, and as well known to the plaintiff as to the defendants ; and, upon familiar principles, the plaintiff cannot recover for injuries sustained in consequence of it.
Exceptions overruled.
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