Legal Opinion
Coates v. First National Stores Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 1, 1948PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
In this action of tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while he was a customer in the defendant’s store, the plaintiff had a verdict. The question to be decided is whether the judge erred in denying the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict in its favor.
Facts which could have been found are these. On November 5, 1941, at about 4:30 p.m. the plaintiff entered the defendant’s store on Washington Street, Whitman, and purchased a loaf of bread in the “self-service department.” After leaving the store, he discovered that he had forgotten to take the bread with him, and…
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- Cowen v. KirbyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- O'Brien v. Harvard Restaurant & Liquor Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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