Rosston v. Sullivan

This is an action of tort for personal injuries sustained in a theatre owned and operated by the defendant. The verdict was for the plaintiff. Exceptions were saved to the refusal by the trial judge to direct a verdict for the defendant and to give certain requests for rulings. The judge stated to the jury, without objection, that *33they could not find any defective construction of the theatre and that the negligence, if any, was in the failure to provide such light as a reasonable, prudent theatre owner, manager or operator would have provided in view of that construction.

The defendant’s…