Hatch v. Globe Laundry Co.

In this action the plaintiff seeks to recover for personal injuries caused, as he alleges, by the defendant’s negligence. The case was heard by the presiding Justice with a right reserved by both parties to except in matters of law. He found for the plaintiff, and the defendant filed exceptions, which are now before us.

The circumstances of the accident, as set forth by the pleadings and established by the evidence, are peculiar. There is no serious dispute as to what happened. On the twenty-third day of June, 1933, one Small, an employee of the defendant, parked a truck of the defendant on…