Drake v. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.

This is an action of tort to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff as a result of the alleged negligence of one Guerrin. At the time of the accident the plaintiff and Guerrin were fellow employees engaged in the work of their employer, Susanna K. Pratt, who was not a subscriber under the workmen’s compensation act. The action was brought against her, but during its pendency she died and the executor of her will appeared and answered. The case was tried to a jury, and at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict was allowed by the…