Legal Opinion
Stager v. G. E. Lothrop Theatres Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 10, 1935PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
The plaintiff got a verdict for an assault and battery committed by a special police officer who was employed by the defendant to keep order at the Howard Theatre. There was evidence for the plaintiff that the officer struck him without warning and without provocation. There was contrary evidence for the defendant that the plaintiff received his injury by accident during the reasonable attempt of the officer to eject the plaintiff after he had been ordered to leave because of his noisy conduct and had refused to go.
The first instruction requested by the defendant was as follows: “The…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Barnes v. Berkshire Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Zygmuntowicz v. American Steel & Wire Co. of New JerseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Genga v. Director General of RailroadsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Ciarmataro v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Commonwealth v. McKnightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Alexis v. McDonald's Restaurants of Massachusetts, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Baseball Publishing Co. v. BrutonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Commonwealth v. ClarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Foster v. Shubert Holding Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Correira v. Atlantic Amusement Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
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