Case Name: Mary Neiman vs. City of Chelsea
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1942-01-28
Citations: 310 Mass. 831
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mary Neiman vs. City of Chelsea.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 310
Pages: 831–831

Head Matter:
Mary Neiman vs. City of Chelsea.
January 28, 1942.
The case was submitted on briefs.
N. A. Heller & M. P. Neiman, for the plaintiff.
M. Wise, City Solicitor, for the defendant.

Opinion:
This is an action of tort under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 84, § 1, 15, to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff when she stepped into a small depression two inches deep, at the most, in the sidewalk of Chestnut Street, a public way in Chelsea. The judge, sitting without a jury, found "as a fact" that the condition described did not constitute a defect, and the plaintiff alleged exceptions. This finding was permissible on the evidence and was not vitiated by the manner in which the judge dealt with the defendant's so called "request for ruling §1."