Daggett v. Al Keshner

The plaintiffs sued the defendants on the theory that all the defendants through their separate acts set in motion a series of events some tortious in nature and the others quasi so, to the injury of the plaintiffs. It was alleged that the defendants Berebitsky and Katz, doing business as B & S Garage, through the sale of quantities of gasoline violated a State act, the violation of which created a penalty in civil damages. During the trial before me and a jury these defendants conceded the violation of the statute. In the charge of the court the jury was instructed that because of the…