Chapin v. Holyoke Young Men's Christian Ass'n
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, for personal injuries occasioned to the plaintiff on April 23, 1892, by the giving way of some of the supports of the flooring of a building which the defendant was erecting, the plaintiff being present at the dedicatory services of the building by the defendant’s invitation. The defendant was a corporation organized under Pub. Sts. c. 115, had no capital stock, and applied all its revenues to the purposes of its organization.
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Tort, for personal injuries occasioned to the plaintiff on April 23, 1892, by the giving way of some of the supports of the flooring of a building which the defendant was erecting, the plaintiff being present at the dedicatory services of the building by the defendant’s invitation. The defendant was a corporation organized under Pub. Sts. c. 115, had no capital stock, and applied all its revenues to the purposes of its organization. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Dewey, J., the plaintiff offered to prove certain facts which are stated in the opinion. The judge ruled that on the…
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
The report shows that while much of the work of the defendant corporation is of a charitable nature, its purposes are also social, and include the giving of lectures and of theatrical and other entertainments for the benefit of its members., the provision of a gymnasium and of athletic sports for promoting their health, and the sale of food at a coffee or lunch counter. In these respects the defendant is not a public charitable corporation, but one established for the peculiar benefit of its members. For this reason the case is not governed by McDonald v. Massachusetts General Hospital, 120…
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