[159]. Moone v. Smith, 6 Ga. App. 649; Mastad v. Swedish Brethren, 83 Minn. 40; Rommel v. Schambacher, 120 Pa. St. 579 Accord.
But compare Woolworth v. Conboy, 170 Fed. 934; Lord v. Sherer Co., 205 Mass. 1.
[160]. Jones v. New York R. Co., 211 Mass. 521; De Boer v. Brooklyn Wharf Co., 51 App. Div. 289 Accord. Compare Hillman v. Boston R. Co., 207 Mass. 478.
This case is often cited as though it decided that the defendant was liable to the plaintiff for harm suffered by the plaintiff on account of a defect in the premises; e. g., defective planks on the crossing. For a more correct view of the real question involved see the able argument of Mr. Thorndike in Stevens v. Nichols, post.
Liability of owner or occupier of a place manifestly intended for public or general use: see Crogan v. Schiele, 53 Conn. 186; Howe v. Ohmart, 7 Ind. App. 32; Davis v. Central Congregational Society, 129 Mass. 367; Holmes v. Drew, 151 Mass. 578; Gordon v. Cummings, 152 Mass. 513; Kelly v. Southern R. Co., 28 Minn. 98; Marsh v. Minneapolis Brewing Co., 92 Minn. 182; Rachmel v. Clark, 205 Pa. St. 314.
Liability of owner or occupier who passively acquiesces in use by others: see White v. France, 2 C. P. D. 308; Alabama R. Co. v. Godfrey, 156 Ala. 202; Herzog v. Hemphill, 7 Cal. App. 116; Pastorello v. Stone, 89 Conn. 286; Etheredge v. Central R. Co., 122 Ga. 853; Nave v. Flack, 90 Ind. 205; Evansville R. Co. v. Griffin, 100 Ind. 221; Martin v. Louisville Bridge Co., 41 Ind. App. 493; Zoebisch v. Tarbell, 10 Allen, 385; Bowler v. Pacific Mills, 200 Mass. 364; Habina v. Twin City Electric Co., 150 Mich. 41; Moore v. Wabash R. Co., 84 Mo. 481, 488; Kelly v. Benas, 217 Mo. 1; Barry v. Calvary Cemetery Assn., 106 Mo. App. 358; Walsh v. Fitchburg R. Co., 145 N. Y. 301; Fox v. Warner Asphalt Co., 204 N. Y. 340; Monroe v. Atlantic R. Co., 151 N. C. 374; Phillips v. Orr, 152 N. C. 583; Railroad Co. v. Harvey, 77 Ohio St. 235; Breckenridge v. Bennett, 7 Kulp (Pa.) 95.
[161]. The report in 155 Mass. 472 does not give any portion of the arguments. The following passages are extracts from the printed brief for the defendants.
[162]. Smith v. London Docks Co., L. R. 3 C. P. 326; Holmes v. Northeastern R. Co., L. R. 4 Ex. 254, L. R. 6 Ex. 123; Wright v. London R. Co., L. R. 10 Q. B. 298, 1 Q. B. D. 252; Berlin Mills v. Croteau, (C. C. A.) 88 Fed. 860; Smith v. Day, (C. C. A.) 100 Fed. 244; Currier v. Trustees, (C. C. A.) 117 Fed. 44; Rhode v. Duff, (C. C. A.) 208 Fed. 115; Middleton v. Ross, (C. C. A.) 213 Fed. 6; Alabama R. Co. v. Godfrey, 156 Ala. 202; Schmidt v. Bauer, 80 Cal. 565; Herzog v. Hemphill, 7 Cal. App. 116; Pauckner v. Wakem, 231 Ill. 276; Franey v. Union Stockyards Co., 235 Ill. 522, 138 Ill. App. 215; Purtell v. Coal Co., 256 Ill. 110; Northwestern R. Co. v. O’Malley, 107 Ill. App. 599; Deach v. Woolner, 187 Ill. App. 524; Faris v. Hoberg, 134 Ind. 269; Baltimore R. Co. v. Slaughter, 167 Ind. 330; Thiele v. McManus, 3 Ind. App. 132; Wilmes v. Chicago R. Co., 175 Ia. 101; Lackat v. Lutz, 94 Ky. 287; Smith v. Trimble, 111 Ky. 861; Kentucky Distilleries Co. v. Leonard, (Ky.) 79 S. W. 281; Bell v. Houston R. Co., 132 La. 88; Dixon v. Swift, 98 Me. 207; Patten v. Bartlett, 111 Me. 409; Elie v. Lewiston R. Co., 112 Me. 178; Plummer v. Dill, 156 Mass. 426; Gauley v. Hall, 168 Mass. 513; Cowen v. Kirby, 180 Mass. 504; Norris v. Nawn Contracting Co., 206 Mass. 58; Lepnick v. Gaddis, 72 Miss. 200; Glaser v. Rothschild, 221 Mo. 180; Davis v. Ringolsky, 143 Mo. App. 364; Bryant v. Missouri R. Co., 181 Mo. App. 189; True v. Meredith Creamery, 72 N. H. 154; Flanagan v. Atlantic Asphalt Co., 37 App. Div. 476; Buchtel College v. Martin, 25 Ohio Cir. Ct. R. 494; Smith v. Sunday Creek Co., 74 W. Va. 606; Ross v. Kanawha R. Co., 76 W. Va. 197; Hupfer v. National Distilling Co., 114 Wis. 279; Muench v. Heinemann, 119 Wis. 441 Accord. See also Blossom v. Poteet, 104 Tex. 230 (wife bringing husband’s dinner to mill where he was employed); Southwestern Cement Co. v. Bustillos, (Tex. Civ. App.) 169 S. W. 638 (child bringing lunch to employee).
But compare Mandeville Mills v. Dale, 2 Ga. App. 607; Furey v. New York Central R. Co., 67 N. J. Law, 270; Gorr v. Mittlestaedt, 96 Wis. 296.
[163]. That is, 155 Mass.