Washington Food Shop, Inc. v. S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co.

Order of Appellate Division affirmed. This action of tort was brought in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston. The plaintiff seeks to recover damages for alleged negligence of the defendant in keeping on its premises a large carboy of ink which broke causing the ink to flow upon the premises of the plaintiff. The case was heard upon the following statement of agreed facts: “On the evening of April 11, 1945, a five gallon carboy of ink was delivered at the defendant's place of business at the corner of Washington Street and Cornhill in the city of Boston. During that night, the carboy…