Brennan v. Keene
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, by the administratrix of the estate of Michael Brennan against the owner of premises numbered 302 Warren Street in Boston for causing personal injury to and the death of the intestate, the plaintiff alleging in the declaration that her intestate was a police officer in the city of Boston, that it was his duty to patrol in the night time the vicinity of 302 Warren Street; that while so patrolling and acting under a rule of the police department and of his superior…
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Tort, by the administratrix of the estate of Michael Brennan against the owner of premises numbered 302 Warren Street in Boston for causing personal injury to and the death of the intestate, the plaintiff alleging in the declaration that her intestate was a police officer in the city of Boston, that it was his duty to patrol in the night time the vicinity of 302 Warren Street; that while so patrolling and acting under a rule of the police department and of his superior officers making it his duty to enter in the night time stores and premises the doors of which he found open, he found the…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
This was an action of tort brought by the administratrix of the estate of Michael Brennan, to recover for his conscious suffering and death alleged to have resulted from the negligence of the defendant. At the close of the evidence the defendant moved that a verdict be ordered for the defendant. The trial judge denied the motion, and submitted ten interrogatories to the jury. The defendant duly excepted to the denial of the motion and to the submission of the interrogatories. The jury answered each of the submitted questions in the affirmative, assessed the damages, and found for the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Reardon v. ThompsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Parker v. BarnardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Creeden v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
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