McEachern v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Cases that cite this one
20 later published cases cite this decision.
- Ryan v. Towar (Mich. 1901)
- Christiansen v. Los Angeles & S. L. R. Co. (Utah 1930)
- Branan v. Wimsatt (D.C. Cir. 1924)
- Papich v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. (Iowa 1918)
- Falardeau v. Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co. (Mass. 1931)
- Buddy v. Union Terminal Railway Co. (Mo. 1918)
- Arkansas & Louisiana Railway Co. v. Sain (Ark. 1909)
- O'Leary v. Michigan State Telephone Co. (Mich. 1906)
- York v. Pacific & Northern Railway Co. (Idaho 1902)
- Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. Beavers (Ga. 1901)
- Turess v. New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad (N.J. 1898)
- Holbrook v. Aldrich (Mass. 1897)
- Kane v. West End Street Railway Co. (Mass. 1897)
- Grindley v. McKechnie (Mass. 1895)
- Richards v. Connell (Neb. 1895)
- Barney v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad (Mo. 1895)
- Gay v. Essex Electric Street Railway Co. (Mass. 1893)
- Chenery v. Fitchburg Railroad (Mass. 1893)
- McCarty v. Fitchburg Railroad (Mass. 1891)
- Daniels v. New York & New England Railroad (Mass. 1891)
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Opinion of the Court
The declaration shows that the plaintiff, a boy upwards of eleven 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. Boston & Maine Railroad, 125 Mass. 75. Morrissey v. Eastern Railroad, 126 Mass. 377.
Judgment affirmed.
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