Coombs v. New Bedford Cordage Co.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1869-10-15

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Gray, J. The rulings and instructions at the second trial of this case appear to us to have been in strict conformity with the law, and with the former opinion of the full court. In that opinion, the general principles were fully recognized and asserted, that any person who allows a dangerous place to exist on his premises is responsible for an injury caused thereby to any other person who enters on the premise…

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