Legal Opinion
Silverman v. Usen
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 9, 1929PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDeasy, J.
In July, 1925, the defendant was the owner of a tract of land bordering upon a public street in Old Orchard.
Upon a part of it was a building equipped as a shooting gallery. It was so planned and arranged that a person using it stood very near or upon the public sidewalk and shot across a gun table at a target about thirty feet distant within the building.
The defendant leased the gallery thus equipped to one Charles Garmanack who operated the shooting gallery.
The plaintiff wishing to see Mr. Garmanack, the lessee, went to the premises. Not finding Garmanack at once he waited and while waiting,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sawyer v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Commonwealth v. HenryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Smethurst v. Proprietors of Independent Congregational Church in Barton SquareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Larson v. Calder's Park Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1919
- Britton v. Inhabitants of CummingtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Hall v. MacCo Corp.California Court of Appeal · 1961
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