Conklin v. John Howard Industrial Home
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries alleged to have been received by the plaintiff, while in the employ of the defendant, by reason of an alleged defective condition of a wood chopping machine at which he was set at work without adequate instruction or warning. Writ dated April 25, 1914. The answer of the defendant as amended, besides containing a general denial, alleged that it was incorporated in the year 1896 under the provisions of Pub.
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Tort for personal injuries alleged to have been received by the plaintiff, while in the employ of the defendant, by reason of an alleged defective condition of a wood chopping machine at which he was set at work without adequate instruction or warning. Writ dated April 25, 1914. The answer of the defendant as amended, besides containing a general denial, alleged that it was incorporated in the year 1896 under the provisions of Pub. Sts. c. 115, § 4, and the acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, “for the purpose of assisting discharged prisoners and others, by- furnishing them…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
While the only evidence introduced by the defendant was a certified copy of its charter showing that it is a ■corporation organized under Pub. Sts. c. 115, § 4 for the purpose of assisting discharged prisoners and others by providing them “with a temporary home and employment, to lead honest and useful lives,” the plaintiff called the superintendent of the Home, *225one of the incorporators as a witness. It is upon his evidence that the question of the defendant’s liability must be decided.
The plaintiff having inquired as to the number of corporators and the general management of the Home in the…
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