Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court October 15, 1851 (Hemphill v. City of Boston)

Shaw, C. J.

This was an action on the case for damage done to the plaintiff’s horse while used by another. The damage arose from the attempt of the person having charge of the horse, to drive through a place in the westerly part of the city of Boston, called Spring-street place. This place is a passage lying between Chambers street and Spring street, having houses built and numbered on each side.