Brown v. CHURCH OF HOLY NAME, ETC.

252 A.2d 176 (1969)

Stanley A. BROWN, Jr., Admr.

v.

CHURCH OF the HOLY NAME OF JESUS et al.

No. 401-Appeal.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

April 7, 1969.

Gerald A. Oster, Irving N. Espo, Thomas F. Fay, for plaintiff.

Hinckley, Allen, Salisbury & Parsons, Thomas J. Hogan, George M. Vetter, Jr., James E. Keeley, for defendants.

POWERS, J.

This civil action was brought by Stanley A. Brown, Jr. as administrator of the estate of Russell J. Brown, his son, who died in a drowning accident on August 11, 1965, while participating in an outing conducted under the auspices of the defendant church. All of the…