Commonwealth v. Gardner
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint, received and sworn to in the District Court of Central Berkshire on July 1, 1918, charging that the defendant did unlawfully superintend the erection of a certain building. known as the Craneville School Addition, in violation of St. 1913, c. 655. On appeal to the Superior Court, the complaint was tried before N. P. Brown, J., upon an agreed statement of facts. Material facts so agreed to are described in the opinion.
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Complaint, received and sworn to in the District Court of Central Berkshire on July 1, 1918, charging that the defendant did unlawfully superintend the erection of a certain building. known as the Craneville School Addition, in violation of St. 1913, c. 655. On appeal to the Superior Court, the complaint was tried before N. P. Brown, J., upon an agreed statement of facts. Material facts so agreed to are described in the opinion. The judge refused to order a verdict for the defendant, ordered a verdict of guilty, sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of $50 and, certifying that he was of…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The defendant was charged with violating St. 1913, c. 655, § 15. He was the superintendent in charge of the construction and prepared the plans for an addition to a school house in Dalton in 1915. Plans for the alterations, including those for heating, ventilation and sanitation, were filed with the supervisor of plans, as required by the statute. The plans were disapproved by the supervisor by letter of May 17,1915, in which the defendant was directed to provide means of bringing fresh air into the addition, “with fresh air rooms in the basement, bringing the air in at the rate of thirty . .…
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