Legal Opinion
Brownhill v. Kivlin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 25, 1944PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
This is an action of tort for negligently burning the plaintiff’s garage. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, and the judge under leave reserved entered a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff excepted.
The evidence was all by witnesses for the plaintiff. The plaintiff’s son testified that about 1 a.m. August 15, 1940, he arrived at his house, 33 Pasadena Street, Springfield. Immediately adjacent was a two car garage, one side of which was rented by Ralph T. Holden, the defendant’s intestate. The witness observed that the doors of that side of the garage were open, and that the…
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- Walker v. Benz Kid Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
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