Case Name: Mary Sonia vs. Town of Billerica
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1940-12-30
Citations: 307 Mass. 611
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mary Sonia vs. Town of Billerica.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 307
Pages: 611–611

Head Matter:
Mary Sonia vs. Town of Billerica.
December 30, 1940.
K. C. Parker, for the plaintiff.
P. H. Ready, for the defendant, submitted a brief.

Opinion:
This is an action to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff from falling by reason of a defect in the highway. A motion for a directed verdict was denied. The defendant's sole contention is that as matter of law the plaintiff was not in the exercise of due care. The evidence by which she was bound did not as matter of law require such a finding. The question was for the jury. Torphy v. Fall River, 188 Mass. 310, 314. Page v. Weymouth, 207 Mass. 325. Callahan v. Dickson, 210 Mass. 510, 515. Junkins v. Stoneham, 234 Mass. 130, 133. Mitchell v. Springfield, 261 Mass. 188, 190. Barton v. Boston, 301 Mass. 492, 494. Nothing in Cox v. Boston, 254 Mass. 498, or Perry v. Loew's Boston Theatres Co. 291 Mass. 332, relied on by the defendant, requires a different conclusion.