Basabo v. the Salvation Army, Inc.

This is an action at law by the plaintiff for the death of his minor daughter alleged to have been due to the negligence of a servant of the defendant. To this declaration the defendant demurred on the ground that the defendant corporation was described in said declaration as a charitable and eleemosynary corporation, and that it was as such not liable for the torts of its servants and agents. After arguments upon the demurrer had been heard in the Superior Court, the case was certified to the Supreme Court for the determination of the question raised by said demurrer, as being a question of…