Doherty v. Boston Garden-Arena Corp.

Exceptions overruled. This is an action of tort by a fifteen year old student, who was a drummer in a high school band, against the defendant corporation, which was in control of the Boston Garden. The declaration alleges that, while attending a school basketball tournament, he was “assaulted and beaten” by reason of the defendant’s negligence. His testimony showed that as he was climbing a stairway, one of a gang of older boys rendered him unconscious by blows of the fist on his head. There was no error in the direction of a verdict for the defendant. The evidence falls short of showing…