diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/EvaluationContextImpl.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/EvaluationContextImpl.java
index 0d35c9dd..d3fd0b1c 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/EvaluationContextImpl.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/EvaluationContextImpl.java
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ public class EvaluationContextImpl implements EvaluationContext {
     private int resultIndex = 0;
 
 
+    public RootPathToken getRoot(){
+        return ((CompiledPath) path).getRoot();
+    }
+
     public EvaluationContextImpl(Path path, Object rootDocument, Configuration configuration, boolean forUpdate) {
         notNull(path, "path can not be null");
         notNull(rootDocument, "root can not be null");
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/PathToken.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/PathToken.java
index 69e0b8ba..34cf1402 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/PathToken.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/PathToken.java
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ public abstract class PathToken {
     private PathToken next;
     private Boolean definite = null;
     private Boolean upstreamDefinite = null;
+    private int upstreamArrayIndex = -1;
+
+
+    public void setUpstreamArrayIndex(int idx){
+        upstreamArrayIndex = idx;
+    }
 
     PathToken appendTailToken(PathToken next) {
         this.next = next;
@@ -75,7 +81,10 @@ public abstract class PathToken {
             }
             PathRef pathRef = ctx.forUpdate() ? PathRef.create(model, property) : PathRef.NO_OP;
             if (isLeaf()) {
-                ctx.addResult(evalPath, pathRef, propertyVal);
+                String idx = "[" + String.valueOf(upstreamArrayIndex) + "]";
+                if(idx.equals("[-1]") || ctx.getRoot().getTail().prev().getPathFragment().equals(idx)){
+                    ctx.addResult(evalPath, pathRef, propertyVal);
+                }
             }
             else {
                 next().evaluate(evalPath, pathRef, propertyVal, ctx);
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/RootPathToken.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/RootPathToken.java
index 2d443ec1..1a786ac6 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/RootPathToken.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/RootPathToken.java
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ public class RootPathToken extends PathToken {
         this.tokenCount = 1;
     }
 
+    public PathToken getTail(){
+        return this.tail;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int getTokenCount() {
         return tokenCount;
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/ScanPathToken.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/ScanPathToken.java
index f98c3729..9d6da973 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/ScanPathToken.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/ScanPathToken.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public class ScanPathToken extends PathToken {
                 int idx = 0;
                 for (Object evalModel : models) {
                     String evalPath = currentPath + "[" + idx + "]";
+                    next.setUpstreamArrayIndex(idx);
                     next.evaluate(evalPath, parent, evalModel, ctx);
                     idx++;
                 }
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/function/Issue273.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/function/Issue273.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbf1752e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/function/Issue273.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.function;
+
+import net.minidev.json.JSONArray;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class Issue273 {
+    @Test
+    public void testGetPropertyFromArray(){
+        String json = "[\n" +
+                "   [\n" +
+                "      {\n" +
+                "         \"category\" : \"reference\",\n" +
+                "         \"author\" : \"Nigel Rees\",\n" +
+                "         \"title\" : \"Sayings of the Century\",\n" +
+                "         \"price\" : 8.95\n" +
+                "      },\n" +
+                "      {\n" +
+                "         \"category\" : \"fiction\",\n" +
+                "         \"author\" : \"Evelyn Waugh\",\n" +
+                "         \"title\" : \"Sword of Honour\",\n" +
+                "         \"price\" : 12.99\n" +
+                "      },\n" +
+                "      {\n" +
+                "         \"category\" : \"fiction\",\n" +
+                "         \"author\" : \"Herman Melville\",\n" +
+                "         \"title\" : \"Moby Dick\",\n" +
+                "         \"isbn\" : \"0-553-21311-3\",\n" +
+                "         \"price\" : 8.99\n" +
+                "      },\n" +
+                "      {\n" +
+                "         \"category\" : \"fiction\",\n" +
+                "         \"author\" : \"J. R. R. Tolkien\",\n" +
+                "         \"title\" : \"The Lord of the Rings\",\n" +
+                "         \"isbn\" : \"0-395-19395-8\",\n" +
+                "         \"price\" : 22.99\n" +
+                "      }\n" +
+                "   ],\n" +
+                "   {\n" +
+                "      \"color\" : \"red\",\n" +
+                "      \"price\" : 19.95\n" +
+                "   }\n" +
+                "]\n";
+
+        JSONArray arr = JsonPath.read(json,"$..[2].author");
+        assertEquals(arr.get(0), "Herman Melville");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetPropertyFromObject(){
+        String json = "{\n" +
+                "    \"store\": {\n" +
+                "        \"book\": [\n" +
+                "            {\n" +
+                "                \"category\": \"reference\",\n" +
+                "                \"author\": \"Nigel Rees\",\n" +
+                "                \"title\": \"Sayings of the Century\",\n" +
+                "                \"price\": 8.95\n" +
+                "            },\n" +
+                "            {\n" +
+                "                \"category\": \"fiction\",\n" +
+                "                \"author\": \"Evelyn Waugh\",\n" +
+                "                \"title\": \"Sword of Honour\",\n" +
+                "                \"price\": 12.99\n" +
+                "            },\n" +
+                "            {\n" +
+                "                \"category\": \"fiction\",\n" +
+                "                \"author\": \"Herman Melville\",\n" +
+                "                \"title\": \"Moby Dick\",\n" +
+                "                \"isbn\": \"0-553-21311-3\",\n" +
+                "                \"price\": 8.99\n" +
+                "            },\n" +
+                "            {\n" +
+                "                \"category\": \"fiction\",\n" +
+                "                \"author\": \"J. R. R. Tolkien\",\n" +
+                "                \"title\": \"The Lord of the Rings\",\n" +
+                "                \"isbn\": \"0-395-19395-8\",\n" +
+                "                \"price\": 22.99\n" +
+                "            }\n" +
+                "        ],\n" +
+                "        \"bicycle\": {\n" +
+                "            \"color\": \"red\",\n" +
+                "            \"price\": 19.95\n" +
+                "        }\n" +
+                "    },\n" +
+                "    \"expensive\": 10\n" +
+                "}\n" +
+                "                ";
+        JSONArray arr = JsonPath.read(json,"$..[2].author");
+        assertEquals(arr.get(0), "Herman Melville");
+    }
+}